This is star talk with nel de grass tyson. We're back said darco par two of our investigation into horror. How you react to horror movies and horrod stories? And we've got one of the world's experts on this, matheas clason,. He's the director of the recreational fear lab at argus university in denmark. Amethius, tell me about am do you have to keep feeding the horror to the person, or is just one or few of these experiences good enough for them to just reflect on it.
Why do we like being scared? On this episode, Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Chuck Nice explore the haunting effects of horror and recreational fear with horror scholar and author, Mathias Clasen, and neuroscientist, Heather Berlin, PhD.
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