Sunday, February 18, 2007

Only Two Fears

I read something recently about fear that was fascinating and seemed to ring true. We are all born with two fears: the fear of loud noises and the fear of being dropped. All of our other fears are learned, and as such, can be un-learned.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Interesting! When Erin & Michelle were newborns, our Dr. office was involved in a study with Johns Hopkins on "primitive reflexes"and how they affect (or don't affect)your behavior/learning ability, etc. Loud noises & fear of falling (off the Dr. exam table)was tested. (Erin & Chelle passed!) They screamed for both tests!

SES said...

that really is fascinating.