Why Do People Love Horror Movies? (Replay)

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.

RESOURCES: • " The 10 Scariest Horror Movies Ever • ," by RT Staff ( Rotten Tomatoes, • 2022). • " Box Office History for Horror • ," ( The Numbers • , 2022). • " Around the World, Adolescence Is a Time of Heightened Sensation Seeking and Immature Self-Regulation • ," by Laurence Steinberg, Grace Icenogle, Hanan M. S. Takash, et al. ( Developmental Science, • 2018). • " Why Taste Buds Dull As We Age • ," by Natalie Jacewicz ( The Salt, • 2017). Horror Literature Through History, • edited by Matt Cardin (2017). • " Why We Love the Pain of Spicy Food • ," by John McQuaid ( The Wall Street Journal, • 2014). • " Glad to Be Sad, and Other Examples of Benign Masochism • ," by Paul Rozin, Lily Guillot, Katrina Fincher, Alexander Rozin, and Eli Tsukayama ( Judgment and Decision Making, • 2013). • " The Ignorant and the Furious: Video and Catharsis • ," by the Association for Psychological Science (2010). Mindset: The New Psychology of Success, • by Carol S. Dweck (2006). • " Adaptive Mental Mechanisms: Their Role in a Positive Psychology • ," by George E. Vaillant ( American Psychologist, • 2000).

EXTRAS:Terrifier 2, • film (2022). • " How to Change Your Mind (Update) • ," by Freakonomics Radio • (2022). • " Why Is U.S. Media So Negative? • " by Freakonomics Radio • (2021). • " Why Is Academic Writing So Bad? • " by No Stupid Questions • (2021). Han Dynasty restaurant • .