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Why do people with psychopathic traits enjoy fear? New psychology research offers a clue

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Alfred Hitchcock argued that people enjoy fear only when they feel safe. A study suggests the idea may apply to people with psychopathic traits: a stronger sense of invincibility was linked to feeling less frightened by a horror clip.

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