I bought the February issue of Geo Magazine (in German) because it had an in-depth article about breathing in it. But there was also a small article about CO2 levels being measured in cinema auditoriums. The CO2 levels gave information about audience attention levels. As tension rose in a suspenseful scene, the CO2 levels rose. Food for thought about what we think we like and what our bodies have to say about it.
“With some movies, suspense is quite literally in the air. Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry and the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz, Germany, analysed the air in movie theatres during various movie screenings and determined that every movie leaves a characteristic pattern in the air. Read More