Episode 42: Horror Movies MANIPULATE YOUR BRAIN (the neuroscience of scary movies)

Sense of Mind Podcast Episode 42: Horror Movies MANIPULATE YOUR BRAIN (the neuroscience of scary movies) Horror movies can subtly manipulate the human brain, causing us to feel fear when there is not actually any danger. Scary movies do this by stimulating our brain’s fear circuit. But that’s pretty obvious. The more important question is: Why do people voluntarily submit themselves to such a scary experience? Why do some people enjoy horror movies while others can’t stand it? How do horror movies take advantage of our brain’s design to make us simultaneously feel terrified while knowing that nothing bad is actually happening? This video addresses all of those questions. At the end, I describe some unintuitive benefits of watching scary movies. Watch here: https://youtu.be/uRziy_4RMRc Chapters: 00:00 The neuroscience and psychology of horror movies  07:38 Benefits of horror movies -- Connect, Follow, Subscribe and Support Sense of Mind! Linktree: https://linktr.ee/senseofmind Support: https://anchor.fm/senseofmind/support Subscribe to the Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC610T-s8gpOVDtAVXTZ35FQ?sub_confirmation=1 Website: www.Senseofmindshow.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/senseofmind/support