A correlation exists between normal breathing rate and watching horror movies

Abstract

The reason of present research was to estimate somewhat relation between normal breathing rate and watching horror movies. Total 135 subjects were the participants of this project. The breathing rate is expressed as the total number of breaths a person receiving in 1 minute. The normal rate is 12 to 20 breaths per minute in adults. The respiration rate underneath 12 and overhead 25 is regarded as abnormal and it points to grim health problems. The situations that can vary normal respiratory rate are anxiety, fever, flu, air pollution, asthma, pneumonia, heart failure, lung disorder, drug overdosing and usage of narcotics. Now a days, number of people love viewing horror movie while some hatred them. There is an elongated list of such movies on internet. Scary movies have the physical and psychological effects on one’s mind. The most evident are anxiety and stress that can lead to high pulse rate and sweating. Such physical effects result in increase of respiration rate. In such situations, we inhale more oxygen and exhale more carbon dioxide. The member of the audience spots high breathing like performing a light exercise. The thrill of unknown and abrupt appearance of any terror initiates the body to groom against that fear. After-all above procedure, it was summarized that there was a significant interaction between normal breathing rate and watching horror movies.