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Tashjian SM, Fedrigo V, Molapour T, et al. Physiological Responses to a Haunted-House Threat Experience: Distinct Tonic and Phasic Effects. Psychol Sci. 2022;9567976211032231doi: 10.1177/09567976211032231.
Tashjian, S. M., Fedrigo, V., Molapour, T., Mobbs, D., & Camerer, C. F. (2022). Physiological Responses to a Haunted-House Threat Experience: Distinct Tonic and Phasic Effects. Psychological science, 9567976211032231. https://doi.org/10.1177/09567976211032231
Tashjian, Sarah M, et al. "Physiological Responses to a Haunted-House Threat Experience: Distinct Tonic and Phasic Effects." Psychological science vol. (2022): 9567976211032231. doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/09567976211032231
Tashjian SM, Fedrigo V, Molapour T, Mobbs D, Camerer CF. Physiological Responses to a Haunted-House Threat Experience: Distinct Tonic and Phasic Effects. Psychol Sci. 2022 Jan 10;9567976211032231. doi: 10.1177/09567976211032231. Epub 2022 Jan 10. PMID: 35001710.
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Psychol Sci. 2022 Jan 10;9567976211032231. doi: 10.1177/09567976211032231. Epub 2022 Jan 10.

Physiological Responses to a Haunted-House Threat Experience: Distinct Tonic and Phasic Effects.

Psychological science

Sarah M Tashjian, Virginia Fedrigo, Tanaz Molapour, Dean Mobbs, Colin F Camerer

Affiliations

  1. Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology.
  2. Computation and Neural Systems Program, California Institute of Technology.

PMID: 35001710 DOI: 10.1177/09567976211032231

Abstract

Threats elicit physiological responses, the frequency and intensity of which have implications for survival. Ethical and practical limitations on human laboratory manipulations present barriers to studying immersive threat. Furthermore, few investigations have examined group effects and concordance with subjective emotional experiences to threat. The current preregistered study measured electrodermal activity in 156 adults while they participated in small groups in a 30-min haunted-house experience involving various immersive threats. Results revealed positive associations between (a) friends and tonic arousal, (b) unexpected attacks and phasic activity (frequency and amplitude), (c) subjective fear and phasic frequency, and (d) dissociable sensitization effects linked to baseline orienting response. Findings demonstrate the relevance of (a) social dynamics (friends vs. strangers) for tonic arousal and (b) subjective fear and threat predictability for phasic arousal.

Keywords: fear; open data; open materials; physiology; preregistered; skin conductance; social; threat

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