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Wat (wie) is nyctophobia - definitie

COMMON FEAR OR PHOBIA AMONG CHILDREN AND, TO A VARYING DEGREE, ADULTS
Nyctophobia; Lygophobia; Achluophobia; Noctiphobia; Scotophobia; Scotophobin; Fear of the darkness; Fear of darkness; Fear of dark; Scotophobic; Nyctophobe; Noctophobia; Afraid of the dark; Draft:Scotophobia
  • Artistic depiction of a child afraid of the dark and frightened by their shadow. <small>(Linocut by the artist [[Ethel Spowers]] (1927).)</small>
  • [[Nightlight]]s, such as this one, may be used to counteract fear of the dark.

nyctophobia         
[?n?kt?(?)'f??b??]
¦ noun extreme or irrational fear of the night or of darkness.
Origin
C19: from Gk nux, nukt- 'night' + phobia.
Fear of the dark         
Fear of the dark is a common fear or phobia among children and, to a varying degree, adults. A fear of the dark does not always concern darkness itself; it can also be a fear of possible or imagined dangers concealed by darkness.

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Fear of the dark

Fear of the dark is a common fear or phobia among children and, to a varying degree, adults. A fear of the dark does not always concern darkness itself; it can also be a fear of a possible or imagined dangers concealed by darkness. Some degree of fear of the dark is natural, especially as a phase of child development. Most observers report that fear of the dark seldom appears before the age of two years. When fear of the dark reaches a degree that is severe enough to be considered pathological, it is sometimes called scotophobia (from σκότος – "darkness"), or lygophobia (from λυγή – "twilight").

Some researchers, beginning with Sigmund Freud, consider the fear of the dark to be a manifestation of separation anxiety disorder.

An alternate theory was posited in the 1960s, when scientists conducted experiments in a search for molecules responsible for memory. In one experiment, rats, normally nocturnal animals, were conditioned to fear the dark and a substance called "scotophobin" was supposedly extracted from the rats' brains; this substance was claimed to be responsible for remembering this fear. These findings were subsequently debunked.