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Causes Women More Afraid of Horror
The films that show scary or horror scenes are generally preferred by men and women avoided. Now the reason why women are afraid to horror films found.
A study found that women were more likely to anticipate the frightening scene that appears in front of him, this makes women more afraid than men when watching a horror movie.
When watching a horror movie, women are always guessing the next scene that is more negative as a form of anticipation, while men just enjoy the spectacle in front of him.
Researchers know this because when given a warning about the extreme violence or horror the woman’s brain will immediately respond by doing an act, while the male brain to stay calm until the incident occurred or came to light.
The results of these studies have shown that the anticipation of something bad has caused quite a reaction in the female brain, but not for men, as quoted by Medindia.
Additionally, when women are faced with something negative it would be faster to respond emotionally as a result of activity in the brain that affect memory.
If the acts done during the anticipation of watching a horror movie, it will be more remembered the scene.
Anticipating an unpleasant events can help the body to prepare a reaction to a threatening situation.
But if the anticipation is over-done it can cause psychiatric disorders such as anxiety and depression.
The study was conducted by researchers from University College London who studies how gender anticipate unpleasant events.
A total of 30 participants was measured brain activity while viewing positive views (views of the peaceful nature) and negative views (extreme violence). The results of this study was reported in The Journal of Neuroscience.
