The Ethics of Studying Fear

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Jim merson, whois a wonderful person him personally, jim, im says, i'm so curious as to the ethical implications in studying fear. How does one conduct an experiment that requires someone to feel afraid that doesn't also harm them? Do scientists have to make sure to reinforce the subject's safety after they've made them feel afraid? So how is fear studied in a clinical aspect? How do clinitians do experiments on stress response? Yes, soar as like a study is is massive, right? If you're going to focus on humans and a like more of the clinical extremesthe outliers of the populations.

FEAR. Anxiety. Stress. Dread. It's all the same dang thing, as it turns out. Biologist and fear expert Mary Poffenroth is back to answer your questions in Part 2 of the encore presentation that's been one of the most helpful interviews of ol' Alie Ward's life. Learn how super successful people approach fear, Mary’s scariest hour, plus answers to all of your questions about night terrors, self-spookery, sharks' bad PR image to how likely it is that a snake will bite your butt. Plus: the best thing about following your passions in life. If this episode helped you at all, consider telling friends about it so we can all get over being chicken sh*ts and, as Mary would say "die with great stories."

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