Post by Lone Wanderer on Feb 18, 2020 18:12:20 GMT
"The whole brain is responsive to a potential threat, at the expense of anything else."
When we watch horror movies, our brains are hard at work, with lots of interconnected cross-talk between different regions to anticipate perceived threats and prepare to respond accordingly. This enhances our excitement while watching, according to scientists at the University of Turku in Finland.
-- arstechnica.com/science/2020/02/watching-horror-movies-in-an-mri-can-shed-light-on-how-we-cope-with-fear/
When we watch horror movies, our brains are hard at work, with lots of interconnected cross-talk between different regions to anticipate perceived threats and prepare to respond accordingly. This enhances our excitement while watching, according to scientists at the University of Turku in Finland.
-- arstechnica.com/science/2020/02/watching-horror-movies-in-an-mri-can-shed-light-on-how-we-cope-with-fear/