The Scared is Scared...

[http://vimeo.com/58659769] (vimeo link)Bianca Gia... ...philosophical about dealing with nervousness and fear .We all get a little scared sometimes. Scared of g...

http://www.neatorama.com/2013/02/09/The-Scared-is-Scared/

The Dalai Lama's Greatest Fear: Sharks

Last year, he was warned that Ch... ...would be understandable if his greatest fear would be being assassinated. But no, that's not t... ...o, that's not the Dalai Lama's greatest fear . Here's the Dalai Lama's greatest fear : His g...

http://www.neatorama.com/2012/05/14/the-dalai-lamas-greatest-fear-sharks/

Brain Damage May Be an Advantage for Gamblers...

by Alice Shirrell Kaswell, Improbable Research Sta... ...kes was the appropriate behavior, and his lack of fear allowed him to perform optimally.” Lead auth...

http://www.neatorama.com/2012/03/06/brain-damage-may-be-an-advantage-for-gamblers/

A New Twist in the Sad Saga of Little Albert...

A few years ago we linked to the sad story of Litt... ...al test subject in John B. Watson's experiment on fear . He conditioned the child to be afraid of rats, a... ...He conditioned the child to be afraid of rats, a fear which generalized to all furry animals. At the ti... ...new what happened to Little Alb...

http://www.neatorama.com/2012/02/19/a-new-twist-in-the-sad-saga-of-little-albert/

World's Weirdest Phobias...

HealthGuru has a pretty nifty quiz to test your kn... ...ike arachibutyrophobia weird (that's the specific fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of one's mo... ...g to the roof of one's mouth).Unless you've got a fear of taking a quiz, try this: Link | Or watch the v... ...did you do? I got 7 out of 10 -...

http://www.neatorama.com/2011/01/28/worlds-weirdest-phobias/

Bird Uses "Scary Movie Effect" to Woo Mates...

Scientists have discovered something quite curious... ...plendid fairy-wrens attract their mates: they use fear as a flirtation device!Using a horror film to bri... ...s a call to potential mates -- a flirtation using fear . Published in the journal Behavioral Ecology, the...

http://www.neatorama.com/2011/01/19/bird-uses-scary-movie-effect-to-woo-mates/

Nothing is Forgotten...

Ryan Andrew drew a wordless story about grief... ...Ryan Andrew drew a wordless story about grief and fear ...and overcoming those fears

http://www.neatorama.com/2011/01/05/nothing-is-forgotten/

The Woman Who Knows No Fear

Imagine living without fear - and I mean any fear . That's what happened to a woman called S.M. whos... ...medical investigation on the brain's response to fearful stimuli:S.M. also had exposure to fearful situations in her past. She was h...

http://www.neatorama.com/2010/12/19/the-woman-who-knows-no-fear/

A Comprehensive List of Everything of which You Should Be Afraid...

If you were to make a list of everything that... ...Rea created 7 by 3.5 meter mural filled with his fears : Rea keeps many lists. During his last year in... ...ars, I discovered like most people I had a lot of fears --after a few months, I began to catalog them: phy... ...r a few months, I began to catalo...

http://www.neatorama.com/2010/03/01/a-comprehensive-list-of-everything-that-you-should-be-afraid-of/