Scream!
Mentioned once across 1 show · first heard Jun 2026 on Stuff You Should Know.
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- CB
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…discussing scientific research on why people enjoy being scared on purpose
“There's a book that we want to shout out called Scream, Scream with an exclamation point from Margie Key and her colleague, Dr. Greg Siegel, who is director for the Cognitive Neuroscience Program at University of Pittsburgh. But their description of what we're talking about, like paying to go to a haunted house or something or a really scary movie as voluntary engagement with negative high arousal stimuli.”
Stuff You Should Know — Short Stuff: Why does it feel good to be scared?at 11:03
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