Psychology
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Explaining the Unexplained: Warranting Disbelief in the Paranormal
This article begins from the position that “disbelief” in relation to the paranormal (commonly referred to as “scepticism”) is itself…
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Real Monsters and Imagined Horror Stories Evolved
An exhaustive, vertically integrated theory of horror fiction incorporates the cultural dimension for a biocultural approach, one that recognises evolutionary…
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Monsters Evolve: A Biocultural Approach to Horror Stories
This article argues that an evolutionary perspective is useful in explaining the appeal of horror, but also that this perspective…
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The Shadow of Insanity from Hippocrates to Victorian Psychiatry
Venturing into the entangled history of madness might be risky, especially taking into consideration the lack of a clear, specific…
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The Psychology in American Film Noir and Gothic Thrillers
Insanity, paranoia, and psychology have long been a staple of American film noir gothic thrillers since the World War II.
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Nightmares, Sleep Paralysis and Witchcraft Accusations
In the last five centuries the majority of those experiences that were deemed severe enough to lead to the formal…
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The New Psychological Spaces for the American Gothic
Upon approaching the subject of the American Gothic short story, one encounters diverse places in which the narratives take place:…
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The Libertine Sadistic Writings of the Marquis de Sade
Readdressing the value and impact of the controversial “libertine” writings of Donatien Alphonse Fran François, Marquis de Sade (1740-1814) is…
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Goth Subculture Identification, Depression, and Self-Harm
Depression and self-harm are major public health concerns in teenagers, with at least 10% of teenagers in developed countries reporting…
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Exploring Mental Health Through the Lens of the Gothic
The linking of mental illness and the Gothic is prevalent and persistent.
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Domains of Supernatural Agents’ Knowledge and Concern
Just as we attribute particular domains of knowledge to other humans, we do the same to our deities.
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Psychological Domination and the Figure of the Victim-Monster
If psychological problems afflicted many of Lon Chaney Jr.’s characters, these problems were rarely the megalomania that so often underpinned…
