Research unit based at @AarhusUni. We study frightening leisure activities: scary play, creepy movies, horrifying haunts. Currently funded by @DFF_raad.
Aarhus, Denmark
Joined July 2020
- Tweets724
- Following94
- Followers920
- Likes661
Recreational Fear Lab retweeted
The Fifth Annual Aarhus Workshop on Recreational Fear is coming up. Don't forget to register!
cc.au.dk/en/recreational-fea…
Recreational Fear Lab retweeted
Recreational fear in childhood, from the gang over at the @RecFearLab and elsewhere: link.springer.com/content/pd…
Recreational Fear Lab retweeted
Thanks to all who have taken part already!
We now have a large number of scifi & thriller fans 🛸🧟, but true crime, horror, drama, and fantasy fans are lagging (among others) 👮👹🧝 - where these fans at?
Take part to tell us why your genre is your favourite (5-10 mins)!
📺 Feel like a small break from scrolling to tell us about your favourite TV/movie genre? 🎞️
Here is a 5-10 minute survey for our latest research project on understanding the functions of fiction: brookeshls.co1.qualtrics.com…
Thanks very much for participating!
ALT A picture of a woman watching TV, with text superimposed, saying: "What does your favourite TV/movie genre say about you? Help us find out!". Additional text states: "This 5-10 minute survey for an Oxford Brookes University BSc research project asks questions about TV/movie genres you like to watch, as well as some of your interests, worries, and coping styles." and finishes with the URL and the statement: "This survey has received ethical approval from the Psychology Research Ethics Committee at Oxford Brookes University."
Recreational Fear Lab retweeted
So grateful to the brilliant team @RecFearLab for hosting me last week. Not many academic visits include an evening at a ‘haunted house’ and waking up with fake blood in my hair 😂
I left feeling excited about continued collaboration and my next visit!
Recreational Fear Lab retweeted
New paper out from @Marc_M_Andersen and team @RecFearLab - check out the thread and open access paper below!
Wonderful to see another project supported by IMC seed funding grow into a novel, interesting paper 🌱
This Post is from an account that no longer exists. Learn more
Recreational Fear Lab retweeted
Can you scare away inflammation? Is recreational fear good for the immune system? So, so psyched to share our latest @RecFearLab study:
This Post is from an account that no longer exists. Learn more
Recreational Fear Lab retweeted
As it's #Halloween -did you notice?!- here's a jolly almost-hour from me on HORROR and HORROR SCORES from last year's @RecFearLab workshop. Also features Joe Hill heckling. youtube.com/watch?v=yLc7BL-F…
Recreational Fear Lab retweeted
Nice coverage of some of our @RecFearLab work in @voxdotcom (with @Marc_M_Andersen): vox.com/unexplainable/380512…
Recreational Fear Lab retweeted
Texas Chainsaw Massacre topped some best of horror bobbins a while ago (madness, it’s Theatre of Blood), but if you’re curious, here is a full account of the chainsaw used #Halloween
Recreational Fear Lab retweeted
Halloweenies, back in 2022 there was this very nice Psychology Today piece about the science of horror (psychologytoday.com/intl/blo…). Now, there's an update with all manner of @RecFearLab -psychologytoday.com/intl/blo…
Recreational Fear Lab retweeted
Informal survey on the global ubiquity of using monsters to scare naughty children. thetoyzone.com/nightmare-fue…
Recreational Fear Lab retweeted
It’s spooky season! In the Oct issue of @IFLScience's CURIOUS mag we investigate why we have phobias, ask @RecFearLab if fear can be fun, and @EgyptMcr tells us what happens to eyes during mummification 👀 ifls.online/47VLZv0
Recreational Fear Lab retweeted
For the nite crowd: It's finally October and @NightTideMag got to sit down w/ the team from @RecFearLab! From horror movies to haunted houses, Mathias Clasen & Marc Malmdorf Andersen dive into how these fear-filled experiences can actually be good for us!
nighttidemag.com/2024/10/01/…
Recreational Fear Lab retweeted
This is your chance to present radical, out-of-the-box research designs, speculative theories, or experimental frameworks that defy constraints. A study too ambitious to fund, a concept so daring it might just work, or a theory on the cutting edge of science fiction…
Recreational Fear Lab retweeted
‘Fear Studies in an Age of Fear’
A one-day conference @uniofwarwick
31 January 2025
Deadline for proposals **25 October**
Full details can be found here: warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/…
Recreational Fear Lab retweeted
Why do horror movie jump scares usually combine sight and sound? New research suggests that a multimodal threat - one consisting of a looming auditory AND a looming visual cue - triggers a stronger defensive response - longer hiding time (in mice, anyway). sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
Recreational Fear Lab retweeted
.@RecFearLab really pulls out all the stops! Check out these gore-some horror heads 3D printed by Lab co-director @MathiasClasen
Recreational Fear Lab retweeted
The Fourth Annual Aarhus Workshop on Recreational Fear - a collaboration between @YouthandHorror & @RecFearLab - is off to an excellent start
Today we are in Aarhus, Denmark for a joint workshop with @RecFearLab on 'When Fear is Fun'! We are kicking off the day with the investigators of each group introducing their work and their findings so far.
Pictured: Mathias and Marc, heads of the Recreational Fear Lab 👻🧪
Recreational Fear Lab retweeted
Today we are in Aarhus, Denmark for a joint workshop with @RecFearLab on 'When Fear is Fun'! We are kicking off the day with the investigators of each group introducing their work and their findings so far.
Pictured: Mathias and Marc, heads of the Recreational Fear Lab 👻🧪