
Episode 6: The Science of Fear
Hidden Brain
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The Black Out Rooms
Psychologists have used disorientation as a way to trigger fear. Black out rooms are so terrifying because we can't use anything to sort of gauge our position in space. Strobe lights, combined with hyper ventilation, are the best at inducing a feeling of de personalization. And when you pipe these things in to people extant appearance of time, it actually is as traumatic as actually being beaten or abused or being physically violated in some way.
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