From the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft press release: “Feel-good films” are usually dismissed by film critics as being sentimental and without intellectual merit. But their popularity with audiences, who seek them out precisely… Read more »
From the New York University press release: Our taste in movies is notably idiosyncratic, and not linked to the demographic traits that studios target, finds new study on film preferences…. Read more »
From the Taylor & Francis press release via MedicalXpress: Romantic-comedy films are not a major source for developing unrealistic expectations about relationships among young adults, finds a new study to… Read more »
From the Association for Psychological Science press release via EurekAlert!: Intuitively it simply makes sense: exposure to sexual content in movies at an early age probably influences adolescents’ sexual behavior…. Read more »
From the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center press release via EurekAlert!: New research from Norris Cotton Cancer Center estimates, for the first time, the impact of an R rating for movie smoking…. Read more »
From the City College of New York press release: Visual and auditory stimuli that elicit high levels of engagement and emotional response can be linked to reliable patterns of brain… Read more »
From the Aalto University press release via MedicalXpress: Human brain functions have been studied in the past using relatively simple stimuli, such as pictures of faces and isolated sounds or… Read more »
From the Ohio State University press release: People enjoy watching tragedy movies like Titanic because they deliver what may seem to be an unlikely benefit: tragedies actually make people happier… Read more »
From the University of Chicago Press Journals press release via EurekAlert!: Do romance movies warm people up? A new study in the Journal of Consumer Research finds that yes, consumers… Read more »
From the Kansas State University press release: Whether you love the “Harry Potter” series or despise it, there may be a psychological explanation behind your opinion. Russell Webster, Kansas State… Read more »
