In the face of a perceived threat, your body often activates a fight-or-flight response. George Peters/DigitalVision Vectors via Getty Images Heart in your throat. Butterflies in your stomach. Bad gut ...

Part of the fun of asking someone what movies scare them is that the answers tend to be unpredictable. Fear is individual, specific, and deeply felt: A person made anxious by the ocean may not be able ...

A little-known brain region helps us decide when to panic and relax, reshaping our understanding of how fear works. Fear is a fundamental emotion embedded early in evolution to guarantee our survival.

Design studio Accept + Proceed recently tackled the subject of fear and how it affects the work they produce in a series of workshops. The results contained both useful insights, and a rather lovely ...