The horror genre has long maintained its popularity despite fear otherwise being a negative experience. The horror genre has long maintained its popularity despite fear otherwise being a negative experience. Stock imageWHY SOME PEOPLE ARE THRILL-SEEKERS In a recent study, neuropsychiatrist Valerie Voon explains how thrill-seeking behaviours all boil down to dopamine. Recent research has helped paint a better picture of the mechanisms that control fear in the human brain, and some scientists are even working to eradicate it. In the study, researchers in Japan created bursts of ‘destructive oxygen’ to inactivate specific responses in the hippocampus of mice.

Source: Daily Mail February 08, 2019 19:43 UTC