Publications

The psychological benefits of scary play in three types of horror fans

Why frightening imaginary worlds? Morbid Curiosity and the Learning Potential of Horror

Introducing Point-of-Interest as an alternative to Area-of-Interest for fixation duration analysis

Scaring away anxiety: Therapeutic avenues for horror fiction to enhance treatment for anxiety symptoms

The psychology of morbid curiosity: Development and initial validation of the morbid curiosity scale

Pandemic Practice: Horror fans and morbidly curious individuals are more psychologically resilient during the COVID-19 pandemic

An Infectious Curiosity: Morbid Curiosity and Media Preferences during a Pandemic

Playing With Fear: A Field Study in Recreational Horror

Gruesomeness conveys formidability: Perpetrators of gratuitously grisly acts are conceptualized as larger, stronger, and more likely to win

Toward a General Theory of Human Individual Differences: Can Evolutionary Psychology Meet the Challenge?

Violence reduces attention to faces and draws attention to points of contact

Creativity Patterns in the Production of Scientific Theories and Literary Fiction