A Physiological Study Of Horror Film Viewing And Its Effect On Serum Cortisol Level In Healthy Adults.

[摘要] When a person perceives a situation as being scary or threatening, the corticotropin releasingfactor (CRF) is released by the anterior pituitary gland, which stimulates the adrenal glands. There in turnreleases adrenaline and cortisol, needed to react appropriately to survive. The purpose of this study wasto examine the effects of cortisol level, which increases in healthy young individuals due to stress. Tostudy autonomic function and serum cortisol level before and after watching a horror movie. In this crosssectional study, 84 healthy medical students in their first year of MBBS, aged between 18 and 22 yearswere included. On 1st day base line blood samples were taken before watching horror movie. After thison next day subjects were allowed to watch horror movie of about one & half hour and took bloodsamples immediately after watching horror movie. The serum cortisol levels in males and females beforeand after watching horror movie show significant increase in serum cortisol levels and autonomicparameters. Horror movie watching induced alteration of serum cortisol levels and autonomicparameters in males and females will require further studies.

[学科分类] 工程和技术（综合）

[关键词] Cortisol;Horror;Movie;Autonomic.