Neophobia is the fear of what?
Neophobia Neophobia Neophobia is the fear of anything new, especially a persistent and abnormal fear. In its milder form, it can manifest as the unwillingness to try new things or break from routine. In the context of children the term is generally used to indicate a tendency to reject unknown or novel foods. Food neophobia, as it may be referred to, is an important concern in pediatric psychology. In biomedical research, neophobia is often associated with the study of taste. The word "neophobia" comes from the Greek νέος, "neos", meaning "new, young", and φόβος, "phobos", for "fear". "Cainophobia" comes from the
Neophobia experience food neophobia to a certain extent, though some people are more neophobic than others. A measure of individual differences in food neophobia is the Food Neophobia Scale (FNS), which consists of a 10-item survey that requires self-reported responses on a seven-point Likert scale. There is also a separate scale geared towards children called the Food Neophobia Scale for Children (FNSC), in which the parents actually do the reporting for the survey. In animals it has been shown that food neophobia is a fear of novelty lasting only a short duration (minutes at most), which is distinct form dietary conservatism,