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#50 – Why Do You Love Spoilers? (The Engineering of Surprise – Part 2/3)

#50 – Why Do You Love Spoilers? (The Engineering of Surprise – Part 2/3)

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Are you the type of person who reads the last page of a book first?

In this second installment, we investigate the Paradox of Suspense. If the brain loves surprise, why do we rewatch movies we know by heart? Alice and Marc explore how Processing Fluency and Dramatic Irony turn a known story into a comforting "safety belt" for the brain.


We also dive into Neurodiversity: discover why the Intolerance of Uncertainty makes spoilers therapeutic for anxious minds , and how the autistic brain’s hyper-focus on detail can shatter the illusion of a plot twist before it even happens.

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