A brain scan research in 2010 by Thomas Straube at the Friedrich Schiller University of Jena show that scary movies don’t actually activate fear responses in the amygdala at all. Instead, it was other parts of the brain that were firing – the visual cortex – the part of the brain responsible for processing visual information, the insular cortex- self awareness, the thalamus -the relay switch between brain hemispheres, and the dorsal-medial prefrontal cortex – the part of the brain associated with planning, attention, and problem solving.
So we’re not really being scared at the movies – at least not necessarily in the brain chemistry way.
This video talks about the human mind and dissect our fascination with fright - exploring 8 theories on way we are attracted to the dark.-
The Psychoanalytic community
catharsis
The Excitation Transfer theory
curiosity and fascination
the Dispositional Alignment Theory
Sensation Seeking Scale
The Gender Socialization theory
societal fears
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