Horror stories are universally popular and highly paradoxical. Why do people react with genuine anxiety to stories that they know to be non-veridical? And why do they seek out entertainment explicitly designed to make them feel bad? In this Human Evolution Lunch Lecture, Mathias Clasen explains how human evolutionary history and cognitive adaptations for danger-management shed light on these questions.

Bring your own lunch for this event. All are welcome.

The event takes place on March 21st at 12.00-13.00 at building 1110, room 223 (BIRC's auditorium)

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