Study Task 1 - Feedback

• Focusing on why society fears clowns.
• Why and when did it start?
• Found theories that they are feared because of their uncanny human features and unpredictability which could make strong visuals.

More focused theories/articles:

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnhu

m.2011.00126/full

https://qz.com/804497/freud-on-why-so-many-people-have-a-fear-of-clowns/

https://www.theguardian.com/science/brain-flapping/2016/oct/14/coulrophobia-why-clowns-trigger-our-fear-reflexes