Ep 35: Why do we enjoy playing with fear?

PsychCrunch by Christian Jarrett

Oct 26, 202319:40Science & Medicine

This is Episode 35 of PsychCrunch, the podcast of the British Psychological Society's Research Digest, sponsored by Routledge Psychology. From haunted houses to scary movies, many of us find a thrill in a good scare. But...

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