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Psychology
fromPsychology Today
5 days ago

Your "Morbid Curiosity" Might Not Be as Morbid as You Think

Morbid curiosity is driven by uncertainty reduction, prompting engagement with aversive or grotesque stimuli rather than avoidance.
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Film
fromInverse
5 months ago

Why David Fincher's Thrillers Offer A Weirdly Cozy Comfort

David Fincher's dark, gruesome crime films offer a soothing, cathartic coping mechanism despite their unsettling, depressing subject matter.
Science
fromwww.npr.org
6 months ago

In 'Morbidly Curious,' a psychologist explores the human draw to ghosts and gore

Morbid curiosity is an interest in potentially dangerous phenomena that can be healthy and evolutionarily adaptive by informing people about threats.
fromPsychology Today
7 months ago

The Virtues of Horror and Gore

Over millions of years, Scrivner reminds us, human beings became more knowledgeable about and sensitized to threats from predators as well as repulsed by and afraid of them. "This imprint," Scrivner writes, "lies at the core of our morbid curiosity," which can serve us well "when threats are placed in a safe context," such as a story, a movie, a "haunted house," or a video game.
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