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The science of fear

NOVA Presents

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What's the Difference Between Fear and Anxiety?

Anxiety is having trepidation about some potential future threat. Fear is basically just a current threat, right? You know, there's a predator. There's an animal. And what do you do instinctively to survive in that moment? The most adaptive responses are to run or to fight.

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