Fear /channels/taxonomy/term/5092/all en How cultural differences shape responses to COVID-19 /channels/channels/news/how-cultural-differences-shape-responses-covid-19-334233 <p>A study exploring cross-cultural differences in knowledge and attitudes towards COVID-19 reveals that people in Europe had the least knowledge of COVID-19 and lowest tendency to care about the coronavirus, while people in the United States had the lowest tendency to comply with public health restrictions. As the pandemic began to unfold, people in the Middle East and Asia were the most aware of COVID-19. People in the Middle East were also the most afraid of the coronavirus.</p> Wed, 20 Oct 2021 12:58:14 +0000 webfull 174102 at /channels Turning Fear into Productive Action /channels/channels/event/turning-fear-productive-action-321721 <p><a href="https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_zJxo6_BJQEO6mP0Rv0vLvQ" target="_blank"><img src="/continuingstudies/files/continuingstudies/051-04-20-pd_turningfearintoproductiveaction_webinar_fb.png" style="width:950px; height:</body></html>" /></a></p> Mon, 20 Apr 2020 16:22:22 +0000 webfull 160208 at /channels Mental Health and Coping During COVID-19 /channels/channels/event/mental-health-and-coping-during-covid-19-321717 <p><a href="https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_jaFJzOcfSReQ_NdNA8bK3w" target="_blank"><img src="//www.mcgill.ca/continuingstudies/files/continuingstudies/043-04-20-pd_mentalhealthandcopingduringcovid-19_workshop_fb_0.png" style="width:950px; height</body></html>" /></a></p> Mon, 20 Apr 2020 14:31:34 +0000 webfull 160200 at /channels Fear, fearlessness and animal extinction /channels/channels/news/fear-fearlessness-and-animal-extinction-269034 <p>Too much fear can be dangerous for species’ survival. In fact, fear alone, even in the absence of a live predator, can lead to species’ extinction if the population size is small enough suggests a recent study from ƽ岻 and Guelph universities. To read: <a href="//www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/article/how-fear-alone-can-cause-animal-extinction">“How fear alone can cause animal extinction”</a></p> Mon, 24 Jul 2017 17:53:16 +0000 webfull 129350 at /channels HOW EXTREME FEAR SHAPES WHAT WE REMEMBER /channels/news/how-extreme-fear-shapes-what-we-remember-241600 Fri, 06 Feb 2015 21:52:53 +0000 webfull 108028 at /channels