Thomas Game Docs | The clever science behind Luigi's Mansion @ThomasGameDocs | Uploaded April 2020 | Updated October 2024, 1 week ago.
CONTENT WARNING: Spiders on screen near end of video (stop watching after Luigi's Mansion 2)
Luigi's Mansion has a few moments that are surprisingly creepy! And to get inside your head, Nintendo use some super clever science! Here's how they do it.
Follow me on Twitter! - twitter.com/thomasgdocs
Illustrations by Katie C - twitter.com/katieqnmr
Footage of original game box - twitter.com/justbanaany
SOURCES
The Aesthetics and Psychology Behind Horror Films
https://digitalcommons.liu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1030&context=post_honors_theses
Shadows in Horror Films: Fear of the Unknown
broganocallaghan.wordpress.com/2012/11/22/shadows-in-horror-films-fear-of-the-unknown
Dissociable neural systems for unconditioned and sustained fear
utu.fi/en/news/press-release/horror-movies-manipulate-brain-activity-expertly-to-%20enhance-excitement
sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1053811920300094?via%3Dihub
emotion.utu.fi/neuroscience-of-horror-movies
Secondary
sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/01/200124104518.htm
ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/horror-on-the-brain-finnish-researchers-map-mental-impact-of-watching-scary-movies-1.4784863
Horror movies tap into a primal fear instinct in your brain
businessinsider.com/why-horror-films-scary-fear-neuroscience-psychology-2016-10?r=DE&IR=T
Do film soundtracks contain nonlinear analogues to influence emotion?
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rsbl.2010.0333
Secondary
npr.org/sections/health-shots/2012/06/12/154853739/putting-fear-in-your-ears-what-makes-music-sound-scary?t=1583782421609
medium.com/@easternblot/what-makes-scary-music-scary-125751198aa7
newsfeed.time.com/2012/06/19/why-is-scary-music-scary-heres-the-science
Itsy Bitsy Spider: Fear of spiders and snakes is deeply embedded in us
cbs.mpg.de/Fear-of-spiders-and-snakes-is-deeply-embedded-in-us
GAMEPLAY CREDITS
Luigi's Mansion 1
youtube.com/watch?v=Ar7316H2f80
youtube.com/watch?v=5Y09E8bzC9Y
Luigi's Mansion 2
youtube.com/watch?v=gFMWeDXHK9Y
youtube.com/watch?v=7Ee6VYHkx2A
Luigi's Mansion 3
youtube.com/watch?v=0bAdNxuKU_g
youtube.com/watch?v=IfKTuooUVMs
CONTENT WARNING: Spiders on screen near end of video (stop watching after Luigi's Mansion 2)
Luigi's Mansion has a few moments that are surprisingly creepy! And to get inside your head, Nintendo use some super clever science! Here's how they do it.
Follow me on Twitter! - twitter.com/thomasgdocs
Illustrations by Katie C - twitter.com/katieqnmr
Footage of original game box - twitter.com/justbanaany
SOURCES
The Aesthetics and Psychology Behind Horror Films
https://digitalcommons.liu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1030&context=post_honors_theses
Shadows in Horror Films: Fear of the Unknown
broganocallaghan.wordpress.com/2012/11/22/shadows-in-horror-films-fear-of-the-unknown
Dissociable neural systems for unconditioned and sustained fear
utu.fi/en/news/press-release/horror-movies-manipulate-brain-activity-expertly-to-%20enhance-excitement
sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1053811920300094?via%3Dihub
emotion.utu.fi/neuroscience-of-horror-movies
Secondary
sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/01/200124104518.htm
ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/horror-on-the-brain-finnish-researchers-map-mental-impact-of-watching-scary-movies-1.4784863
Horror movies tap into a primal fear instinct in your brain
businessinsider.com/why-horror-films-scary-fear-neuroscience-psychology-2016-10?r=DE&IR=T
Do film soundtracks contain nonlinear analogues to influence emotion?
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rsbl.2010.0333
Secondary
npr.org/sections/health-shots/2012/06/12/154853739/putting-fear-in-your-ears-what-makes-music-sound-scary?t=1583782421609
medium.com/@easternblot/what-makes-scary-music-scary-125751198aa7
newsfeed.time.com/2012/06/19/why-is-scary-music-scary-heres-the-science
Itsy Bitsy Spider: Fear of spiders and snakes is deeply embedded in us
cbs.mpg.de/Fear-of-spiders-and-snakes-is-deeply-embedded-in-us
GAMEPLAY CREDITS
Luigi's Mansion 1
youtube.com/watch?v=Ar7316H2f80
youtube.com/watch?v=5Y09E8bzC9Y
Luigi's Mansion 2
youtube.com/watch?v=gFMWeDXHK9Y
youtube.com/watch?v=7Ee6VYHkx2A
Luigi's Mansion 3
youtube.com/watch?v=0bAdNxuKU_g
youtube.com/watch?v=IfKTuooUVMs
