Emotional arousal when watching drama increases pain threshold and social bonding

Fiction, whether in the form of storytelling or plays, has a particular attraction for us: we repeatedly return to it and are willing to invest money and time in doing so. Why this is so is an evolutionary enigma that has been surprisingly underexplored. We hypothesize that emotionally arousing dram...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Royal Society open science 2016-09, Vol.3 (9), p.160288-160288
Hauptverfasser:	Dunbar, R. I. M., Teasdale, Ben, Thompson, Jackie, Budelmann, Felix, Duncan, Sophie, van Emde Boas, Evert, Maguire, Laurie
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Emotional Arousal Endorphins Pain Threshold Psychology And Cognitive Neuroscience Social Bonding Tragedy
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