David Zald Watches As Kids Adust To Scary Situations
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- In the lab, psychology professor David Zald studies how fast adults react to fear.
Zald, a professor at Vanderbilt University, turns his house into a Halloween fear lab -- with a reward of candy for those who brave it.
Skeletons hang from the tree, motion-activated sensors move objects around in a scary way and there's a creepy fog floating around the house.
Zald decorates in classic horror motif for fun, but the shrink in him can't help but observe the classic fear response in children.
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