Visiting her parents the other day, Sara walked into a room and didn’t realize her father was already there. He simply said, “Boo!” and she screamed. She jumped, shook, and almost cried, followed ...

"Fear can be pleasurable if we know there is no real threat," Brose said. And we can also condition ourselves to overcome and even enjoy the sensation. "One of the treatments of phobias is to go ...

It’s that time of year when we celebrate something we usually hate: fear. We visit haunted houses and corn mazes or binge-watch the scariest horror movies. But our relationship with fear is ...