Interesting! Can you explain how you do it with ChatGPT?

Conclusion: fear might not just react to danger – it might reveal it, as perceptualist theories argue. (5/5)

Another argument posits that non-evaluative facts like “it can cause food poisoning” explain fear only because they presuppose a danger assessment. However, in a new study, only a few participants mentioned “danger” when asked why non-evaluative facts give reasons for fear. (4/5)

Some have argued that we commonly explain our fears in terms of danger. However, data from the Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA) deny this: among 630 instances of “afraid of […] because”, only 12 were followed by “danger” or similar terms. (3/5)

Reactive theories argue that fear is a response to real or apparent danger. Thus, awareness of danger comes first, and fear does not make us aware of danger. In our paper, we counter two main arguments in favor of reactive theories. (2/5)

Thanks to a stellar line-up: Christine Tappolet, Alex Carty, Luc Faucher, Miriam McCormick, Michael Milona, Catherine Rioux, Jules Salomone-Sehr, Max Lewis, Mauro Rossi, Ronald de Sousa & @proflaurasilva.bsky.social.