Why Suspenseful Movies Keep Your Eyes Glued To The Screen
Friday, August 28, 2015 - 16:30
in Psychology & Sociology
By: Michael Greshko, Inside Science – Some filmmakers really know how to get into their audience’s heads, new research suggests.Last month, a team led by Matt Bezdek, a cognitive psychologist at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, found that suspenseful movies -- including several by director Alfred Hitchcock -- actively limit the brain’s awareness of the visual periphery. The findings provide greater insight into how movies let us temporarily escape the real world. read more