Why Do People Love Horror Movies? | No Stupid Questions | Episode 126

Explores why people enjoy negative feelings and what experiments reveal about pleasure and preferences.

Behavioral economicsBehavioralPodcast episodeanimal preferencesbehavioral economicsenjoyment of negative emotionsgritintrinsic motivationmasochismAngela DuckworthMike Maughan

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