![]() Think about a movie where the main character is getting chased or hiding from a vicious killer. When a person is afraid in a film, it’s because they are perceiving that in some way, their own well-being is under threat in some way, they’re threatened,” said Sparks “That kind of negative emotion gets stored in the Amygdala in the brain, and the Amygdala functions for us to take those negative experiences and hold on to them for a long time so that they can be called up again if we ever get into a situation where the brain’s telling us, ‘Hey, this is that situation again. It all has to do with how your brain processes and stores the fear and emotions you go through when you’re watching a scary movie. ![]() He says there’s a scientific reason behind scary things staying with you longer. Sparks studies the effects media can have on the brain. “They do not want to go back and watch that again because they know how they reacted the first time.” “I’ve talked to people, adults, who will not go back and watch The Wizard of Oz because of the tornado scene or the winged monkeys that frightened them or upset them as a child,” said Glenn Sparks, a media effects expert at Purdue University. Some people like to get into creepy spirit by watching scary movies, but have you noticed that scary things may stick with you longer than funny things? ![]() ![]() WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Today is Halloween. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. ![]()
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