Why An Exciting Book Is Just As Thrilling As A Hair-raising Movie
Monday, August 18, 2008 - 08:21
in Psychology & Sociology
Sharing of emotions in movies has been shown to depend on the fact that the same brain regions are activated in the observers when they feel an emotion and when they see someone else experience a similar emotion. We all know, however, that reading a book describing the same scene can be similarly gripping. A new study shows us why.