What’s Going On in Your Body When You Watch a Horror Movie

Kids react differently than you do
Dr. Margee Kerr is a sociologist and expert on fear. She's studied all kinds of fear from all kinds of sources, and told The Atlantic that she always warns parents to be vigilant about exposing their children to something scary. A child's malleable little mind can very easily latch onto something to create what's called a "flashbulb memory," and they can spend the rest of their lives traumatized by something that might even seem innocent to an adult. (She cites the case of Baby Albert, who was made to fear white rabbits. Hey, it was the 1920s.)