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🎃One from my archive 🎃: The lure of horror Christian ‘Jeepers’ Jarrett with a Halloween special, on the intriguing insights into our psyche offered by scary stories bps.org.uk/psychologist/l…

Cool to be featured as quote of the day in @nature’s Briefing nature.com/articles/d4158… Happy Halloween

Nice coverage of some of our Recreational Fear Lab work in Vox (with @Marc_M_Andersen): vox.com/unexplainable/…

Last weekend of data collection at Dystopia Haunted House in Vejle, Denmark 🎃

Can you scare away inflammation? Is recreational fear good for the immune system? So, so psyched to share our latest Recreational Fear Lab study:

Our latest study, conducted in collaboration with researchers from Aarhus Uni.hospital and funded by Interacting Minds, explores how recreational fear - such as being chased by a chainsaw-wielding pig-man in a haunted house - impacts the immune system:

Our new work describes how peer threat evaluations shape experiences of threat and distress, spearheaded by Lisa Espinosa! Also w. Erik Nook 🏳️‍🌈 juliet davidow Martin Asperholm Tess Collins doi.org/10.1080/026999…

Can going to a haunted house boost the immune system? arstechnica.com/science/2024/1…

Nice write-up of our most recent publication in Medical Xpress - "The health benefits of fright: A haunted house study" 😱🤩 medicalxpress.com/news/2024-11-h…

I am extremely grateful to the Carlsberg Foundation, Carlsbergfondet, for funding my proposal to write a book with the working title "The Master of Fear: Why Stephen King Became Everybody's Favorite Boogeyman." Beer-drinkers and King-lovers unite 🥰 carlsbergfondet.dk/det-har-vi-sto…

Hands down the coolest Xmas card I have ever received. Thank you so much, Prof Neil Martin 🎄🔪

Check out our recent article on language varieties and morality in Disney. Are foreign accents (still) especially common among villainous characters😈? Plus: Much more about character morality, language variety, gender, and age in recent Disney films. Link below (open access).

Two of my faves are on this list with topics after my own heart. If you can’t make it to London, here’s your chance to get more horror in your face! The wonderful Mathias Clasen on Why Horror is Good for You & the ever incredible Tuğce Kutlu on Mourning in Horror. Book now!!

Out of all feature-length movies produced in the US, how big of a proportion comes with a "horror" tag on IMDB? Here's an estimate (prepared for my Miskatonic IHS London talk tonight):

Very cool project here - please help Valerie and her team out. Only takes a few minutes and sounds really fun:

Delighted to have been asked to contribute this piece on children's reactions to horror. Features comments by Mathias Clasen The Psychologist Paul McEvoy, and many others...

Inside the Fear Lab! Out today in The Dark Side issue 267, I interview Recreational Fear Lab co-creator, Mathias Clasen. Get your copy now before I buy them all. It's a very special spread. cc PromoteHorror 🎃

I'm so excited by this most recent study from the Recreational Fear Lab. Some really nifty and maybe surprising results here: