{"id":257713,"date":"2023-10-31T06:42:58","date_gmt":"2023-10-31T10:42:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=312993"},"modified":"2025-07-01T17:48:54","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T00:48:54","slug":"scientists-discover-why-we-are-scared-of-clowns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/scientists-discover-why-we-are-scared-of-clowns\/","title":{"rendered":"Scientists discover why we are afraid of clowns"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Some people are afraid of clowns. Not even sinister clowns. Normal clowns, who don’t appear sinister at all, make them feel uncomfortable or violated. This might sound strange to those who don’t suffer from coulrophobia, but it’s a much more common phobia than one might think<\/strong>; in fact, up to 5% of Americans suffer from it<\/a>. Maybe you even suffer from it yourself. And now, a university professor has discovered its causes.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Philip John Tyson, an associate professor of psychology at the University of South Wales, has published an academic article<\/a> about the fear of clowns alongside his colleagues Shakiela Davies, Sophie Scorey, and William James Greville. Titled “Fear of Clowns: An Investigation into the Ethology of Coulrophobia,” this article, published in Frontiers of Psychology, interviewed over 500 people with a fear of clowns to delve into the reasons behind their fears<\/strong>. Along the way, they arrived at some very interesting conclusions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The most interesting, although not too surprising, finding is that having a traumatic experience with a clown is not a significant reason for developing coulrophobia. It’s not for any other phobia, and it isn’t for this one either. However, one thing that stood out to people about clowns is that it was difficult to discern what they were thinking while appearing unpredictable. Due to their highly ambiguous features and erratic, unintelligible behavior, people who suffer from coulrophobia perceive clowns as potentially dangerous entities<\/strong>. Similarly to how arachnophobes view spiders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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