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Why Do People Love Horror Movies? (Replay)

Why Do People Love Horror Movies? (Replay)

Update: 2024-10-03
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When are negative emotions enjoyable? Are we all a little masochistic? And do pigs like hot sauce?

 

  • SOURCES:
    • Carol Dweck, professor of psychology at Stanford University.
    • Sigmund Freud, neurologist and father of psychoanalysis.
    • Paul Rozin, professor of psychology at the University of Pennsylvania.
    • Robert Sapolsky, professor of biology, neurology, and neurosurgery at Stanford University.
    • George Vaillant, professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and Mass General Research Institute.

 

 

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Why Do People Love Horror Movies? (Replay)

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