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Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology used functional MRI scans to track which brain regions activated when 176 young adults watched scenes from "The Social Network," "Home Alone" ...

A psychologist explains how Hallmark Christmas and holiday movies soothe your nervous system and offer a surprising form of ...

What goes on in your brain while watching a movie? MIT neuroscientists have made remarkable progress in answering this question by creating the most detailed functional brain map to date. By observing ...

Horror movies have fascinated audiences worldwide with their spine-tingling thrills and chilling experiences. The team at YourTango took a deep dive into the world of horror and found that beyond the ...

You might think it would be easy to see how our brains function while we are watching a movie. Just hook some viewers up to an electroencephalograph or a magnetic resonance imager (MRI) and see what ...

Knowing every word to classic Christmas songs isn’t just an indicator of your holiday spirit — it can also demonstrate your ...

Discover how scientists have finally found an answer for why we flinch when watching someone get hurt in a movie. Wincing at the sight of a movie character slowly stepping on a nail or slamming their ...

Luc Haasbroek is a writer and videographer from Durban, South Africa. He has been writing professionally about pop culture for eight years. Luc's areas of interest are broad: he's just as passionate ...

In my first two posts on this subject, I described brain scans of people watching movies obtained by Uri Hasson and his group. Instead of a complicated prediction, this team simply looked at the ...