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 because of their “feel-good” qualities,…
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. The work also shows that…
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 be published online this week…
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. And yet, even though a…
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. James Sargent, MD, co-director of…
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 activity, a team of researchers…
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 words. Researchers from Aalto University…
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 in the short-term. Researchers found…
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 choose romance movies over other…
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 University doctoral student in psychology,…