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What is it about us people...
Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2007 8:34 pm
by McEve
Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2007 3:49 am
by martj
Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 6:41 pm
by Jo's Zebs
Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 6:47 pm
by bonsai
That's not very kind, Jo! Diana will get her own back one day, you wait and see!
Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 7:39 pm
by McEve
As very often is the case there's a perfectly natural reason for this reaction. If you get scared, as you would when you see somebody getting hurt, or is about to get hurt, you get an adrenalin rush to prepare the body to getinto a flight or raction state.
But if the brain knows (or has reason to belive) there is no risk of really being harmed, it experiences this adrenaline rush as enjoyable, so you start laughing.
"Young children may overestimate the risk of harm and experience true 'fear.' When that happens you see the child cling to a parent and cry, convinced there's a very real chance of harm," Rudd told LiveScience. On the other hand, "adults may well scream but quickly follow it with a laugh since they readily recognize there's no chance for real harm."
People get paid to study these kind of things
Perfectly normal reaction though
Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 7:54 pm
by bonsai
Are you one of these weirdo's?
Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 6:51 am
by McEve
pardon?
Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 7:16 am
by martj
Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 12:36 pm
by bonsai
Hi Eve, well you did post the artical so I just wondered
I know you're not really, only winding you up
Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 1:12 pm
by McEve