Trypophobia may be moving out of the urban dictionary and into the scientific literature. A recent study in the peer-review journal Psychological Science takes a first crack at explaining why some ...

Clusters of tiny holes or bumps can spark strong aversion in people with trypophobia, a condition researchers link more to disgust and fear than real threat. Common textures, such as coral or seed ...

The fear of clustered holes, known as trypophobia, affects about 16 percent of participants according to research from the University of Essex. This weird phobia gets triggered by everyday objects ...

Aversion to clusters of small holes may be driven by disgust rather than fear. Sign up for the top news stories every day to keep you informed with what's going on in the West Midlands. Did you know ...

Does the above picture of a lotus seed pod freak you out? If so, there’s a chance you suffer from trypophobia, the fear of small holes in certain configurations. You know what else apparently could ...

A woman who is terrified of lines and holes “suffered in silence” for more than 30 years before speaking about her phobia, afraid people would think that she was a “freak”. Samantha Harradine has ...

Images that evoke a phobic reaction to holes have unique characteristics in terms of contrast and fine detail. Researchers found they were similar... Trypophobia may be moving out of the urban ...