Emotional arousal when watching drama increases pain threshold and social bonding

Fiction, whether in the form of storytelling or plays, has a particular attraction for us: we repeatedly return to it and are willing to invest money and time in doing so. Why this is so is an evolutionary enigma that has been surprisingly underexplored. We hypothesize that emotionally arousing dram...

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Main Authors: Dunbar, R, Teasdale, B, Thompson, J, Budelmann, F, Duncan, S, van Emde Boas, E, Maguire, L
Formato: Journal article
Idioma:English
Publicado: Royal Society 2016