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Can going to a haunted house boost the immune system?

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Fear is typically viewed as a negative emotion, an adverse reaction to keep us on our toes.

But human beings also tend to seek out scary movies, horror novels, or haunted houses.

This tendency has been dubbed "recreational fear" in the academic literature.

Mathias Clasen of Aarhus University specializes in studying recreational fear.