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Why do people with psychopathic traits enjoy fear? New psychology research offers a clue
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Why do people with psychopathic traits enjoy fear? New psychology research offers a clue
Alfred Hitchcock argued that people enjoy fear only when they feel safe. A study suggests the idea may apply to people with psychopathic traits: a stronger sense of invincibility was linked to feeling less frightened by a horror clip.
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Scary scenes do not trigger the same feelings for all people. According to a new study, people with more pronounced psychopathic personality traits rate such video clips more positively and often less unpleasant. For the lower fear, the feeling could be partly responsible for being barely vulnerable. Pure boredom, however, apparently does not explain the joy of the horror. St. Catharines (Canada). [...] The article Why do people with psychopathi…
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