WASHINGTON - Spooky season is in full swing. Are you part of team scary movie and haunted house, or team paint-a-pumpkin and eat some candy? Fear is an everyday emotion, and Halloween is the one time ...

Every October, we line up for haunted houses, tune in to horror films, watch reruns of “The Dead Files,” and tell ghost stories that make the hairs on our necks stand up. It’s a paradox — why do we ...

Whether it's spiders, slasher flicks or public speaking, how you feel fear. Oct. 29, 2011— -- In less than one-tenth of a second Your eyes spot a snake (or your ears pick up on footsteps behind ...

NATIONWIDE — Haunted houses, horror movies, spooky costumes — for some of us, the thought of those things excites us and for others, they scare us to death. Let’s break down the science behind this ...

Convention thinking says that the root of all fear lies in our brains. But what comes before then? (The National Museum in Oslo/) Excerpt from Nerve: Adventures in the Science of Fear by Eva Holland.

Fear is a primal emotion hardwired into humans through evolution. It alerts us to danger, primes our bodies for action, and has ultimately been crucial for survival. Yet in modern times, many ...

It’s October, and all around us are the smells of fall. The leaves are falling, pumpkins are lined up in grocery store windows, and I’m wearing my favorite hoodie on cool morning runs. Most ...