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Thanks largely to fear and adrenaline, even a healthy person's heart can race and beat irregularly while riding a roller coaster, a German study found. In fact, pulses leaped most during slow climbs.

As I hurtled toward the Caribbean Sea, I felt a pang of regret: maybe riding a roller coaster on a cruise ship wasn’t the best idea for someone with a fear of heights. I clutched the handles on ...

I always get butterflies in my stomach … but as soon as that roller coaster goes down its first drop, the fear kind of washes away in that moment,” the UK resident told PA Real Life.