This 36-letter word is practically a punchline, since it may trigger the very social anxiety it defines. This linguistic paradox prompts questions about how language shapes our understanding of fear ...

The fear of long words is called hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia (ironically a super long word) or simply sesquipedalophobia. It’s a real phobia tied to ...

Fans of horror, rejoice: A new study suggests that books are more attuned to fear than they used to be. Researchers, led by Alberto Acerbi and Vasileios Lampos, combed through a Google database of ...

At a recent workshop that addressed communication, one guideline stuck out: “It’s okay to disagree; not okay to blame, shame or attack (others).” In our current political arena, we are subjected to ...