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 ...
David Blair receives funding from the Australian Research Council. He is a member of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery and is director of the Einstein-First education ...