{
  "id": 16887283,
  "title": "Horror isn’t just intense fear, new psychology study suggests",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/horror-isnt-just-intense-fear-new-psychology-study-suggests",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-28T10:00:50.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "PsyPost",
    "slug": "psypost",
    "url": "https://www.psypost.org/horror-isnt-just-intense-fear-new-psychology-study-suggests/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Fear tends to involve possible danger ahead, while horror often follows learning about something that shouldn’t happen. A new study suggests that graphic, extreme descriptions of harm push readers toward horror by making events feel abnormal.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}