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Marc Malmdorf Andersen

@ndersen.bsky.social

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Cognitive scientist, associate professor at Aarhus University. Predictive Processing, Emotion, Play, Recreational Fear, Cognitive Development.

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Marc Malmdorf Andersen @ndersen.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Jarred Lorusso brings the workshop to a close with a fantastic talk on the relationship between individual uncertainty and horror preference 🥳

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Marc Malmdorf Andersen @ndersen.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Now up, Botond László Kiss! Botond is persuading us that in horror studies, the predictors of excitement and enjoyment seem to be slightly different and they should be considered distinct emotional responses to horror.

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Marc Malmdorf Andersen @ndersen.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Now, @madisonlasaga.bsky.social is up, telling us all about her fascinating approach to using horror to investigate intrusive memories in PTSD.

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Marc Malmdorf Andersen @ndersen.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

We continue with the fascinating work by Sabrina Schneider, who delves into research on psychopathy and fear enjoyment. Sabrina’s work explores patterns in how psychopaths process fear stimuli, and how this may differ from people with no psychopathic traits.

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Marc Malmdorf Andersen @ndersen.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Aaand, we're off! The annual Recreational Fear workshop “When Fear Is Fun 2025” kicks off with Corinna Perchtold-Stefan. Corinna is enlightening us on why the true crime genre has such a massive gender difference, in favour of women consumers. Stay tuned! @aiasdk.bsky.social @au.dk

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Marc Malmdorf Andersen @ndersen.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

The Recreational Fear Workshop explores why humans sometimes enjoy fear—and what it does to our minds and bodies. This year, we have a fantastic lineup of speakers, covering everything from PTSD, psychopaths, true crime consumption and the Paradox of Horror. Come join us at @aiasdk.bsky.social !

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Marc Malmdorf Andersen @ndersen.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

🎃👻 When Fear Is Fun 2025 🎃👻 Our 5th annual workshop on recreational fear is happening in Aarhus on Dec 12! Free participation, registration required. 🔗 Speakers + program: cc.au.dk/en/recreatio... 🔗 Register: event.au.dk/events/when-...

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Marc Malmdorf Andersen @ndersen.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Our results align with prior research showing that shared experiences can enhance physiological and emotional responses. Heart rate synchrony was higher among socially close individuals, though whether this reflects pre-existing alignment or emerges during shared fear remains unclear. 🧟‍♂️❤️🧟‍♀️ 5/5🧵

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Marc Malmdorf Andersen @ndersen.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

We found that participants who synchronised their HRs with others in their group reported higher arousal. This synchrony was more pronounced among socially close dyads, suggesting that social closeness may facilitate physiological alignment during shared emotional experiences of fear. 4/5🧵

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Marc Malmdorf Andersen @ndersen.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

It’s curious that we seek out fear for fun - and even more curious that we almost always do it together. We watch horror films in groups, visit haunted houses with friends, and tell ghost stories around the campfire. But how social dynamics shape our experience of fear remains largely unknown. 2/5🧵

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Marc Malmdorf Andersen @ndersen.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

🧟‍♂️🚨 Publication alert! 🚨🧟‍♀️ Holy moly, I'm thrilled to announce our new paper in Emotion! We explored how recreational fear, physiological synchrony, and social closeness interact in a high-intensity haunted house setting. 1/5 🧵 Link: psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?d...

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