How to Induce Fear: Science Friction Ep 21

Find out how to induce fear, like the Batman villain Scarecrow, in this episode of Science Friction. I breakdown the science behind fear and its causes and answer whether or not a human being can die of fright. Links to sources below.

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Fish Smell Danger
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/29/health/fish-smell-danger-and-perhaps-we-do-too.html?_r=1&Wired - Pentagon Explores Fear Chemical
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2008/01/pentagon-resear/

Wired - Contagious Fear
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2008/01/contagious-fe-1/

Creator of U.S. Government Standard Bathroom Malodor
http://www.monell.org/faculty/people/dalton

More on U.S. Government Standard Bathroom Malodor
http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=1689967

Why Scary Music is Scary
http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/06/19/why-is-scary-music-scary-heres-the-science/

Astronasty - Neil DeGrasse Tyson on Vic Tandy and Infrasound
http://astronasty.blogspot.com/2011/10/neil-degrasse-tyson-and-vic-tandy-on.html

LiveScience - How Ambiguity Messes with our Brains
http://www.livescience.com/3966-ambiguity-messes-brains.html

Vsauce - Why are Things Creepy?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEikGKDVsCc

LiveScience - Charles Bonner Syndrome
http://www.livescience.com/27798-hallucinations-faces-charles-bonnet-syndrome.html

Scientific American - Can a Person be Scared to Death?
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/scared-to-death-heart-attack/



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