Show Notes
Resource 1:
Title: Top 50 scariest movies of 2025 (and Fright Night Physiology)
Publication: WISN.com / Science of Scare Project
Link: https://www.wisn.com/article/top-50-scariest-movies-2025/69140286
Resource 2:
Title: Heart Rate Variability as a Key to Regulation and Stress
Author: D. N. Solomon
Publication: Psychology Today
Resource 3:
Title: Haunted House, Healthy Heart
Publication: Business Health Trust
Link: https://businesshealthtrust.com/news_insights/haunted-house-healthy-heart/
Resource 4:
Title: Why Do We Love Being Scared? The Science Behind Horror Movies
Author: A. Bennett
Publication: Promega Connections
Link: https://www.promegaconnections.com/the-science-behind-horror-movies/
Resource 5:
Title: Playing With Fear: A Field Study in Recreational Horror
Authors: M. M. Andersen, A. Coltan, et al.
Publication: PMC (via Emotion)
Link: httpss://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7734554/
Resource 6:
Title: Scared together: Heart rate synchrony and social closeness in a high-intensity horror setting
Authors: M. M. Andersen, et al.
Publication: PubMed (via Psychological Science)
Link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40720311/
Resource 7:
Title: I tracked my heart rate through the 10 haunted houses of Halloween Horror Nights...
Author: K. Weekman
Publication: Yahoo.com