With the nights growing longer, autumn leaves swirling through the air, and Halloween just a few short weeks away, we're more attuned than usual to the strange and spooky. In other words: Fear. Of course, whether it's those pre-test jitters before a final exam or the lingering childhood terror of the monster lurking under our bed, most of us experience fear all year round.

What specific brain regions produce your fear response when you hear things that go bump in the night? Why do some people actively seek out what frightens them most? How can filmmakers exploit this knowledge to create movies that scare our socks off? In this hair-raising episode, we delve into the biology of fear and its complex relationship with stress, discuss the intriguing field of neurocinematics, and share a selection of spine-tingling ghost stories.

Listen on...if you dare!