<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/posts/the_science_behind_the_scare.aspx" dsn="blogs"><title>Murray State University’s Humanities+ Series explores “The Science Behind the Scare”</title><pubDate>10/22/2026</pubDate><description>Murray State University’s College of Humanities and Fines Arts’ (CHFA) Humanities+ program will host “The Science Behind the Scare: Physiological Responses to Horror Films” on Thursday, Oct. 29 at 4:30 p.m. in Faculty Hall room 208 on Murray State’s campus.</description><author>Nate Curlin</author><image><img xmlns:ouc="http://omniupdate.com/XSL/Variables" src="https://www.murraystate.edu/news/images/rsz_megan_st_peters.jpg" alt="Dr. Megan St Peters head shot"/></image><featured/><tags><tag>Campus News</tag><tag>Event</tag><tag>Lectures</tag><tag>Student News</tag><tag>University News</tag><tag>news</tag></tags></item>