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Why do we like being scared? Dr. Daryl Appleton, Ed.D., LMHC, looks at the psychology of fear: why it reaches the body before the mind, what was behind a lab "ghost" and a 1921 "haunted" house, and why people pay to be frightened and leave in a better mood.This Halloween bonus st ...  Show more

Turning a decade older, Dr. Daryl Appleton is tackling this week's F-word: 40. But don't worry, this isn't a birthday listicle episode.She traces the psychology of midlife from its 1965 origin (a study of 300 artists) through the famous U-shaped happiness curve, replicated across ...  Show more

Why are some words funnier than others? Well, one man has sought to figure that out. We'll tell you all about him and his project in today's episode.

In this episode, we get to the bottom of why people sometimes talk like jerks some and how sarcasm isn’t all bad. Stand back everybody, this one is just soooo great.  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy i ...  Show more

This week on Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam looks at what we find funny and what, well, crosses the line. Comedian Bill Burr joins us to talk about why race, gender and Caitlin Jenner can be so funny.

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