• Question: are our fears (e.g. Claustrophobia) genetic or is it environmental?

    Asked by mrmumble to Damien, Rachael, Simon, Suzi, Tim on 17 Jun 2011.
    • Photo: Suzi Gage

      Suzi Gage answered on 17 Jun 2011:

      Hi @mrmumble
      There have been 2 other questions about phobias – my conclusion was that if it IS genetic, it’s likely to be very complex and also affected by the environment, but there’s no reason why it should definitely be genetic.
      Have a look at my other answers too:
      http://ias.im/58.1560
      and
      http://ias.im/58.1699

      Hope this helps, what do you think?

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