When we get nervous, a number of processes occur in the brain that are passed onto the stomach and affect the digestive process. This is a hangover from our hunter-gatherer days.
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Visiting a haunted house or watching a horror movie can be terrifying and enjoyable at the same time. A sociologist explains the psychological benefits of being safely scared.
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Modern life has removed real fear as an experience for most of us. But this basic animal emotion is crucial to the human experience
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Senior Lecturer in Psychology, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Senior Lecturer and clinical academic gastroenterologist, Western Sydney University
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Lecturer in Biological Sciences, University of Stirling
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Professor of Clinical, Metabolic & Molecular Physiology, University of Nottingham
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Assistant Professor in Physiology and Biochemistry, University of Nottingham
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Head and Dean of School of Psychology, University of Dundee
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Assistant Professor / Department of Psychiatry; Assistant Research Professor / Molecular & Behavioral Neuroscience Institute, University of Michigan
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Adjunct Professor of Sociology, University of Pittsburgh
