There's also a natural fear of new things _ " neophobia " _ that's strongest during the preschool years.
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Robert Anton Wilson theorized in his book " Prometheus Rising " that neophobia is instinctual in people after they begin to raise children.
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Not only do people with high food neophobia resist trying new food, they also rate new foods that they do try as lower than neophilics.
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Having at least some degree of food neophobia has been noted to be evolutionarily advantageous as it can help people to avoid eating potentially poisonous foods.
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Wilson's views on neophobia are mostly negative, believing that it is the reason human culture and ideas do not advance as quickly as our technology.
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Neophobia is also a common finding in aging animals, although apathy could also explain, or contribute to explain, the lack of exploratory drive systematically observed in aging.
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Dietary conservatism ( long-term neophobia ) in predators could facilitate the evolution of warning coloration, if predators avoid novel morphs for a long enough period of time.
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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.
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Injection of acetic acid into the lips of rainbow trout causes a reduction in their natural neophobia ( fear of novelty ); this is reversed by the administration of morphine.
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Besides food poisoning, food neophobia also arises from the person associating a negative experience with new foods, for example suffering from gastroenteritis or other gastrointestinal illnesses after eating undercooked food.
