Like to Be Scared? Here’s Why

Like to Be Scared? Here’s WhyTop of Mind with Julie Rose • Season 1, Episode 1192, Segment 4

Oct 31, 2019 • 50m

Like to Be Scared? Here’s Why (50:38) Guest: Carl Sederholm, PhD, Professor of Comparative Arts and Letters, Brigham Young University; Margee Kerr, PhD, Adjunct Professor of Sociology, University of Pittsburgh, Author of “Scream: Chilling Adventures in the Science of Fear”; Rob Dunfield, Owner The Fear Factory in Salt Lake City Why do we like to be scared out of our wits by films and roller coasters and actors dressed in nightmarish costumes chasing us through dark hallways? We do we pay for this stuff?

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