What do horror movies do to your brain




















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The Climate Barometer. Canada's Most Trusted News. Horror movies are no different. Whilst all movies have our heroes face some kind of threat to their safety or happiness, horror movies up the ante by having some kind of superhuman or supernatural threat that cannot be reasoned with or fought easily. The research team at the University of Turku, Finland, studied why we are drawn to such things as entertainment?

The researchers first established the best and scariest horror movies of the past century, and how they made people feel. Watching horror movies was also an excuse to socialize, with many people preferring to watch horror movies with others than on their own. Why is horror healthy? Why is Japan so good at horror? Is watching horror movies bad for your health? Is it a sin to watch horror movies?

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One example of these chemicals is endorphins — painkillers that your body produces naturally whose feel-good effects have been compared to morphine. Another chemical that Dr. Schlozman says you can expect to experience during a scary situation is dopamine. Dopamine is a neurotransmitter that communicates messages across different parts of the body and carries with it pleasurable feelings similar to those imparted by endorphins. One study published in June in the journal Nature Communications suggested that over time, exposure to dopamine may actually lessen our overall reaction to fear.

According to Schlozman, your brain has a lot to process in a frightening situation. What happened when I did see this?



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