Katharina Kircanski, PhD, postdoctoral research fellow, department of psychology, Stanford University, Stanford, California. Dr. Kircanski conducted this research with professors Matthew Lieberman and Michelle Craske while she was a graduate student at the University of California, Los Angeles. The results were published in Psychological Science.
A lot of people have phobias. And phobias aren’t just everyday worries—they’re serious, intense fears that sometimes (or often) interfere…
