Unhinged Episode #049: Fear: The Halloween Special

It’s Halloween, which brings us to our special episode on FEAR. What scares us, and why? We talk about the horror movies that scared us growing up, and why we enjoy them. What is it about a good horror movie that gets our hearts racing? Why do we enjoy being scared? There’s science behind that and we talk about some of the theories. Besides scary movies, we also discuss other fears of ours, including heights, speed, public speaking, insects, and more. Through the study of fear, scientists can now identify what areas in the brain are responsible, hopefully leading to more accurate and successful treatments of anxiety. We all have fears. Sometimes they might seem irrational, but we know what scares us. Some fears are debilitating, and some can be fun. Our brains decide that for us, but with more research, we can hope to one day be able to reliably control the volume knob of our anxieties. Show resources: What horror movies do to your brain Horror Movie Scenes Help Researchers Identify Key Brain Circuits for Fear Processing Amygdala-hippocampal dynamics during salient information processing

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Unhinged Episode #049: Fear: The Halloween Special is an episode from Unhinged: Discussing Mental Health by Doug: Depression Survivor, Ed: Supporter.

This episode is 58:13 long.

This episode was published on Oct 31, 2017.

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