Why frightening imaginary worlds? Morbid curiosity and the learning potential of horror.
| Autor: | Scrivner C; Department of Comparative Human Development, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60607, USAcscrivner@uchicago.edu; https://coltanscrivner.com.; Institute for Minds and Biology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60607, USA., Clasen M; Department of English, School of Communication and Culture, Aarhus University, Aarhus 8000, Denmark mc@cc.au.dk; https://pure.au.dk/portal/en/persons/mathias-clasen(3c9b0961-b1e9-4084-867f-d8b959ba40e5).html. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | The Behavioral and brain sciences [Behav Brain Sci] 2022 Nov 18; Vol. 45, pp. e297. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Nov 18. |
| DOI: | 10.1017/S0140525X21002259 |
| Abstrakt: | In addition to satisfying a predisposition for exploration, fiction with imaginary worlds may also appeal to morbid curiosity, an adaptive motivation to seek out information about dangerous situations. Most imaginary worlds contain narrative elements of danger, and immersion in such worlds may provide people with information that would be costly to acquire in the real world. |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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