Search results for: phobia
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Fear of snakes 'is of evolutionary origin'
Oct 21, 2017A new study in Germany has suggested that we are born with an innate fear of snakes and spiders.
Why do some people have a fear of holes ?
Jul 13, 2017Scientists have come up with a new theory to explain what causes trypophobia - the fear of small holes.
A fear of spiders may be part of our DNA
Apr 6, 2015Arachnophobia could be an evolutionary response based on the danger that spiders posed to our ancestors.
Woman suffers from fear of all things yellow
Apr 4, 2015Lorraine Cobourn developed the curious phobia after being hit by a yellow taxi and breaking her hip.
Woman is terrified of newspapers
Jan 28, 2014One woman from Kent suffers form an unusual phobia that makes her frightened of newspapers.
Are phobias passed down through DNA ?
Dec 2, 2013Scientists believe that phobias may be passed down between generations through a person's DNA.
Scientists discover 'fear of holes'
Sep 9, 2013A previously unrecognized phobia of objects filled with holes could be a human survival instinct.
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