Most mortals take special satisfaction in breaking the rules. A lipstick that accidentally falls into the bag, a beer that we forget to pay … These are sweet moments in which the fear of being discovered produces an authentic sensation of pleasure. It is what experts call "conscious fear" , which is not painful like the one we experience when faced with an external threat, but rather a rewarding fear. This has been verified by the English psychologist Michael Belint, who affirms that the fun of the "dark side" appears because we are responsible for that attraction and we can control it. However, not everyone lives with the same force the desire for the prohibited, because there are environmental and genetic factors that modulate it. For example, biochemist Dean Hamer of the US National Cancer Center has detected a connection between courage and the D4DR gene. The bearers of a specific version of it show a greater inclination for risk and the forbidden.
Why are we so attracted to the forbidden?
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