Scream: Chilling Adventures in the Science of Fear - Brossura

Kerr, Margee

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1610397169 ISBN 13: 9781610397162

Casa editrice: Public Affairs, 2017

Riassunto

The in-house sociologist at a nationally renowned haunted house explores the experience of fear -- what causes it, and why we seek it out.

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Margee Kerr has a PhD in sociology from the University of Pittsburgh, where she currently teaches. She is also a nationally recognized expert on professional haunted houses and works year-round for the ScareHouse haunted house, analyzing data on customers and employees to make its attractions scarier. Her work has been featured in the Washington Post, Parade, Atlantic Monthly, and NPR's Science Friday, among other places. She is also is the coinvestigator on the country's first-of-its-kind study measuring fear in the real world, collecting data on how the brain and body responds in real-life threatening situations. She lives in Pittsburgh.

Margee Kerr has a PhD in sociology from the University of Pittsburgh, where she currently teaches. She is also a nationally recognized expert on professional haunted houses and works year-round for the ScareHouse haunted house, analyzing data on customers and employees to make its attractions scarier. Her work has been featured in the Washington Post, Parade, Atlantic Monthly, and NPR's Science Friday, among other places. She is also is the coinvestigator on the country's first-of-its-kind study measuring fear in the real world, collecting data on how the brain and body responds in real-life threatening situations. She lives in Pittsburgh.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Public Affairs
• Data di pubblicazione: 2017
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1610397169
• ISBN 13: 9781610397162
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 274
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile