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Your Brain on Garbage Cinema: The Weird Science of Why Bad Movies Feel So Good

Your Brain on Garbage Cinema: The Weird Science of Why Bad Movies Feel So Good

You've seen Birdemic. You've watched The Room three times. You've laughed until something hurt. But why does your brain reward you for consuming objectively terrible cinema? Turns out, the neuroscience behind loving bad movies is way more fascinating than anything Nicolas Cage has been in lately — and that's saying a lot.