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Fear in Horror Films: An Evolutionary Perspective.


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    Krisstina Syms

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Sources Discussed in Video
  • Ballon, B. & Leszcz, M. (2007). Horror films: Tales to master terror or shapers of trauma? American Journal of Psychotherapy, 61(2), 211-230.
  • Duntley, J. (2005). Adaptations to Dangers from Humans. In Buss, D. (Ed.), The handbook of evolutionary psychology (pp. 224-249). Hoboken: Wiley.
  • Marks, I. M., & Nesse, R. M. (1994). Fear and fitness: An evolutionary analysis of anxiety disorders. Ethology and Sociobiology, 15, 247–261.
  • Rakison, D. (2009). Does Women's Greater Fear of Snakes and Spiders Originate in Infancy? Evolution and Human Behavior, 30(6), 438-444.

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