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The science of fright: Why we love to be scared

  • Written by Arash Javanbakht, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Wayne State University
imageScary pumpkins are the least of what frightens us at Halloween, a day devoted to being frightened. asife/Shutterstock.com

Fear may be as old as life on Earth. It is a fundamental, deeply wired reaction, evolved over the history of biology, to protect organisms against perceived threat to their integrity or existence. Fear may be as simple as a...

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