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The procedure was: For 7 minutes... 1. Rate your happiness 2. Stare at a cross on the screen for 15s 3. GOTO 1 They found reported happiness decreased over
by ed 4y ago
The procedure was:
For 7 minutes...
1. Rate your happiness
2. Stare at a cross on the screen for 15s
3. GOTO 1
They found reported happiness decreased over time.
- civilized 4y agoSeems comparable to, like, "flicking people in the ear pisses them off very reliably".
- PeterisP 4y agoScientists found in an experiment that the greatest source of stress in the analyzed population is the scientists' experiment.
- pdntspa 4y agoYeah, I'd be pissed too if my task was to alternate between staring at a symbol and rating my mood for X minutes straight
- seizethecheese 4y agoNo, there were a lot of different procedures, some involved playing games.
- plaguepilled 4y agoIs it just me, or is it that rating happiness every 15 seconds is the problem, not the waiting.