Mathematigal, AKA Saramoira Shields, who majored in math and does many things, talks to the camera about people fearing to major in math: [vimeo]77416313[/vimeo] (HT Aatish Bhatia)
Tag: fear
Filling a Gap in our Knowledge of a Fear of Holes
This research paper is one of the first to make repeated use of the word “trypophobia”: “Fear of Holes,” Geoff G. Cole [pictured here] and Arnold J. Wilkins, Psychological Science, epub August 27, 2013. (Thanks to investigator Neil Martin for bringing this to our attention.) The authors, at the University of Essex, UK, explain: “Phobias […]
Clowns and/or health
Linda Rodriguez McRobbie writes, on the Smithsonian blog, about “The History and Psychology of Clowns Being Scary“: Even the people who are supposed to like clowns—children—supposedly don’t. In 2008, a widely reported University of Sheffield, England, survey of 250 children between the ages of four and 16 found that most of the children disliked and even […]
Shy scientists: Fearing
This week’s episode of “Are Scientists The Shy Creatures of Legend?” offers a music video: “Fearing“, by Joseph LeDoux and The Amygdaloids. As will all episodes of “Are Scientists The Shy Creatures of Legend?“, the question posed to you is: Are these scientists shy? (Thanks to investigator Sergei Yellen for bringing this to our attention.)