Where does fear come from? This study explains it

Night is cold and wet. You can hear the wind making noise around the building; listen to the drops of heavy, strong rain that shake the windows. It's warm inside. The candles shake a soft and comfortable light, reports “DW” Transmission Periscope. Suddenly you have seen something moving out of the corner of your eye. But there's nobody there. After all, you're on your own.

It's a phenomenon that happened at least once in your life. But why does it happen? Is anyone there? Or is our mind playing a role without our consciousness? Parapsychology or prenormal scientific research, examines these questions and tries to answer them on a psychological and neuro-sciential basis.

Prenormal Study

“Parapsychologists usually rank in three different research fields”, Dr. Ciaraan O'Keeffe, leader of psychology at England's Buckinghamshire University, specializing in parapsycological, forensic and investigative psychology.

The first “is called extra sense perception, short for ESP, which is an umbrella term and covers the skills of telepathic, prejudice, and envy. Second, it is the mind's action on an object of the bending of a spoon without touching, for example, or otherwise known as psychokinessia. Third is posthumous communication, sometimes called “survival”. Here parapsychologists study bad experiences, politicalists and the media, communication between the dead and living souls “, OʹKeefe explains.

Parapsychology also has an answer for the inexplicable movement of presence you have seen in your peripheral vision. Although there may be some explanations: Our peripheral vision is produced by so - called retinal sticks cells, which have a much lower resolution than conical cells in our central area of sight.

Why Some Fear and Others Do Not Fear

This is because of chemicals in our brain that play a big role in our basic response “to escape or confront”. These same chemicals, including dopamine neurotransmitter, also contribute to other emotional situations, such as excitement and happiness. In addition, dopamine controls the reward and pleasure centers in our brain, which explains why some people get a “struck” due to their fear.

“ “There is also a complex psychological factor involved that may descend in early negative experiences with the haunted homes or horror movies that have once been watched by”.

The abandoned buildings and dark places have been the fuel for horror films and crime novels.

A Sense of Presence

Our imagination also plays a great role in having a sense of presence. Although there may be a number of reasons why one can feel a presence, psychological and environmental factors are thought to be the main causes. /Periscopi/