The Paradox of Pleasurable Fear.

Emotions Fear Humans Pleasure
fear paradox of horror play pleasure

Journal

Trends in cognitive sciences
ISSN: 1879-307X
Titre abrégé: Trends Cogn Sci
Pays: England
ID NLM: 9708669

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
02 2021
Historique:
received: 24 11 2020
accepted: 01 12 2020
pubmed: 20 12 2020
medline: 23 2 2021
entrez: 19 12 2020
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Why do some people enjoy being afraid? A recent study by Andersen et al. found an inverted U-shaped relationship between fear and enjoyment, consistent with the theory that the pursuit of pleasurable fear is a form of play.

Identifiants

DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2020.12.001 PMID: 33339736
pubmed: 33339736
pii: S1364-6613(20)30296-5
doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2020.12.001
pii:
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article Comment

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

93-94

Commentaires et corrections

Type : CommentOn

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Auteurs

Paul Bloom (P)

Department of Psychology, Yale University, 2 Hillhouse, New Haven, CT 06520, USA. Electronic address: paul.bloom@Yale.edu.

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Classifications MeSH

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