Chapter 9. ‘It’s a Bloody Guide’: Fun, Fear and a Lighter Side of Dark Tourism at The Dungeon Visitor Attractions, UK

Exaggerated anticipatory anxiety is common in social anxiety disorder (SAD). Neuroimaging studies have revealed altered neural activity in response to social stimuli in SAD, but fewer studies have examined neural activity during anticipation of feared social stimuli in SAD. The current study examined the time course and magnitude of activity in threat processing brain regions during speech anticipation in socially anxious individuals and healthy controls (HC). Method Participants (SAD n = 58; HC n = 16) underwent functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) during which they completed a 90s control anticipation task and 90s speech anticipation task.

“…The range and depth of scary theme related experiences is growing, not just as attractions in theme parks such as Derren Browns Ghost Train: Thorpe Park as visitors are told be "prepared to derail your mind on a ghost train re-invented for the 21st century that will leave you questioning where perception ends and reality begins" Thorpe Park (2017). Halloween often sees the focus shift from family friendly to the family scary, as a recent article explored American amusement parks that go haunted for Halloween (Travel Channel, 2017 Stone (2009, in Sharpley andStone, 2009) offers some extensive research and analysis on the lighter side of dark attractions, exploring the fun factories and Dungeon visitor attractions in the UK. Unlike some of the examples above, which offer fantasy like experiences to visitors, often driven by fiction and popular culture, the dungeon attractions aims to explore our dark past.…”

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Terror park: A future theme park in 2100

Wright

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2018

Futures

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Exaggerated anticipatory anxiety is common in social anxiety disorder (SAD). Neuroimaging studies have revealed altered neural activity in response to social stimuli in SAD, but fewer studies have examined neural activity during anticipation of feared social stimuli in SAD. The current study examined the time course and magnitude of activity in threat processing brain regions during speech anticipation in socially anxious individuals and healthy controls (HC). Method Participants (SAD n = 58; HC n = 16) underwent functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) during which they completed a 90s control anticipation task and 90s speech anticipation task.

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Mobilising Affective Brutality: Death Tourism and the Ecstasy of Postmemory in Contemporary American Culture

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2019

Mobilities, Literature, Culture

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Exaggerated anticipatory anxiety is common in social anxiety disorder (SAD). Neuroimaging studies have revealed altered neural activity in response to social stimuli in SAD, but fewer studies have examined neural activity during anticipation of feared social stimuli in SAD. The current study examined the time course and magnitude of activity in threat processing brain regions during speech anticipation in socially anxious individuals and healthy controls (HC). Method Participants (SAD n = 58; HC n = 16) underwent functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) during which they completed a 90s control anticipation task and 90s speech anticipation task.

Chapter 9. ‘It’s a Bloody Guide’: Fun, Fear and a Lighter Side of Dark Tourism at The Dungeon Visitor Attractions, UK

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‘It’s not that we like death or anything’: exploring the motivations and experiences of visitors to a lighter dark tourism attraction

‘It’s not that we like death or anything’: exploring the motivations and experiences of visitors to a lighter dark tourism attraction

Terror park: A future theme park in 2100

Mobilising Affective Brutality: Death Tourism and the Ecstasy of Postmemory in Contemporary American Culture