The actor inside some kind of hidden box clicks a latch, and the door falls in front of him. Leonard Pickel, the owner and chief designer of the themed-attraction consulting company Hauntrepreneurs, says that one of his favorite tricks is the drop panel. Haunted house creators take advantage of the brain’s impulses by layering on other jarring effects.
This mindset is not ideal for making complicated decisions, or doing anything except hyperfocusing on the threat. Their bladder or colon might even void, which is less of an obvious advantage in a dangerous scenario and more of a glitch as the brainstem overrules other orders from the central nervous system. When a person is startled, their heart rate and pressure skyrocket, blood rushes to their extremities, and their pupils enlarge to bring in as much light as possible. Most children learn about the “fight or flight response” in school, and our understanding of physiology reinforces it.
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