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Raymond Tallis
5/5 Raymond Tallis explains how human fear is often led by thought and imagination.
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Temple Grandin
4/5 Temple Grandin considers the role fear and anxiety plays in autistic people's lives.
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Quentin Skinner
3/5 How Thomas Hobbes came to argue that fear underpinned all human motivation and action.
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Kier-La Janisse
2/5 Kier-La Janisse on how educational films scared more children than any horror movie.
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Matthew Sweet
1/5 Matthew Sweet reflects on an experiment designed to induce fear in a toddler.