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posted by Fnord666 on Wednesday October 24 2018, @04:53PM   Printer-friendly
from the testing-if-a-movie-stinks dept.

Max-Planck-Gesellschaft:

Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry in Mainz have now developed a method that can objectively evaluate the age at which children and adolescents can safely watch a movie. They measured the composition of air in cinemas as well as levels of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) during 135 screenings of eleven different movies. Over 13,000 audience members were involved. For a variety of film genres and age groups, the researchers found that isoprene levels reliably correlate with the age rating of a film. "Isoprene appears to be a good indicator of emotional tension within a group," says Jonathan Williams, group leader at the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry. "Our approach could therefore provide an objective criterion for deciding how movies should be classified."

They couldn't already objectively measure fear by the amount of urine-soaked seat cushions?

C. Stönner, A. Edtbauer, B. Derstroff, E. Bourtsoukidis, T. Klüpfel, J. Wicker, J. Williams. Proof of concept study: Testing human volatile organic compounds as tools for age classification of films. PLOS ONE, 2018; 13 (10): e0203044 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0203044


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 24 2018, @06:16PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 24 2018, @06:16PM (#753169)

    As opposed to "urine-soaked seat cushions"?
    Mind you, the study wasn't conducted in US, thus the proposed metric was unavailable.