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SOME MOTION BLUR DUE TO FAST SPEED. fun at the fun fair

Why do we like to be scared?

Source: TEDx

Sociologist, Dr. Margee Kerr, explains what we feel when we are scared and why it’s so fun.

This entry was posted in The Thrill of Horror and tagged Culture & Society, Health & Medicine, People on April 1, 2019 by Jessica Volkening-Hayes.

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