May 25, 2020

Perfect Podcast: Fears & Phobias & Mushrooms

Today, Bekah and Teagan are talking about the science of phobias and fear...and Bekah's fear of mushrooms.Sources:Gallup Poll: What Frightens America's Youth Archived 2008-11-21 at the Wayback Machine, gallup.com (29 March 20...

Today, Bekah and Teagan are talking about the science of phobias and fear...and Bekah's fear of mushrooms.Sources:Gallup Poll: What Frightens America's Youth Archived 2008-11-21 at the Wayback Machine, gallup.com (29 March 2005).https://www.cnn.com/2015/10/29/health/science-of-fear/index.htmlhttps://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/11/how-the-zombie-fungus-takes-over-ants-bodies-to-control-their-minds/545864/https://www.webmd.com/mental-health/what-is-misophonia#1Olsson, A.; Nearing, K.I.; Phelps, E.A. (2006). "Learning fears by observing others: The neural systems of social fear transmission". Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience. 2 (1): 3–11. doi:10.1093/scan/nsm005. PMC 2555428. PMID 18985115Garcia, R (2017). "Neurobiology of fear and specific phobias". Learn Mem. 24 (9): 462–471. doi:10.1101/lm.044115.116. PMC5580526. PMID28814472. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app