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- Physiological signs
- Causes
- Nature
- Conditioning
- Common triggers
- Phobias
- Uncertainty
- Behavior
- Mechanism
- Neurocircuitry in mammals
- Pheromones and contagion
- Humans
- Cognitive-consistency theory
- Research
- Models
- Pavlovian
- Predator-based psychosocial stress
- Chronic stress models
- Single prolonged stress
- Stress enhanced fear learning
- Management
- Pharmaceutical
- Psychological
- Literary and religious
- Incapability
- Society and culture
- Death
- Religion
- Manipulation
- Fiction and mythology
- Athletics
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thumb|"Fear", from Charles le Brun: "Caractères des passions",
Fear is an unpleasant subjective emotional state arising in response to perceived dangers or threats and which, when experienced, is typically associated with physiological and psychological changes. These changes frequently lead to behavioral reactions such as fight-or-flight responses, the feeling of dread, and in extreme cases immobilization (freeze response). Unlike most (perhaps all) other animals, humans can experience fear in response to a present or anticipated stimulus and to imagined events.