The Recreational Fear Lab is delighted to host two research interns in the spring of 2021. In this post, lab intern Emilie Schjoldager tells us about herself and her interest in the lab.

Lab member Jens Kjeldgaard-Christiansen digs into the psychology of self-directed fear at the movies in a new essay published on Horror Homeroom.

Meet lab member and media researcher Jens Kjeldgaard-Christiansen, whose interdisciplinary research encompasses recreational fear.

Research article on recreational fear published in Psychological Science

Meet lab member and psychologist Mihaela Taranu, who will be exploring recreational fear across the lifespan.

Meet the behavioral scientist and morbid curiosity expert Coltan Scrivner, who is visiting researcher with the lab in October of 2020. Coltan heads our haunted house research project.

Lab member Marc Malmdorf Andersen shares his enthusiasm for the science of recreational fear ... and reveals his uneasy relationship with scary entertainment.

The Recreational Fear Lab is delighted to host two research interns in the fall of 2020. In this post, lab intern Marie Søndergaard tells us about herself and her interest in the lab.

The Recreational Fear Lab is delighted to host two research interns in the fall of 2020. In this post, lab intern Katrine Dahl Sørensen tells us about herself and her interest in the lab.

Mathias Clasen, director of Recreational Fear Lab, introduces the lab and its activities and explains his own fascination with recreational fear.