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Tag: psychology

This is your brain on electricity

Posted July 25, 2017 by Noah Zarr

a boxy electronic device with many switches and dials

In the famous Milgram Experiment, it only took commands from a purported authority figure to get people to subject another study participant to electric shocks up to 450 volts (about a quarter of the voltage used to execute people in the electric chair). In reality, the other participant was an actor, and there were no actual… Read more »

Feeling stressed? Researchers at IU are studying how stress reshapes the brain

Posted January 17, 2017 by Rachel Skipper

An illustration of the brain surrounded by a pattern of multicolored squares

This post is part 1 of a two part series. Check out part 2 here. Imagine it’s 9:45 am. You have a meeting across town in 15 minutes and you just realized that you overslept your alarm! You throw on some clothes, grab a cup of yesterday’s coffee, and rush out the door, only to… Read more »

Catching brainwaves

Posted November 15, 2016 by Noah Zarr

If your family is anything like mine, you have that one crazy uncle with his tin foil hat, purportedly to prevent the aliens from electromagnetically manipulating his brain or to prevent his precious brain waves from being read by the government. While few take such fears seriously, significant confusion persists regarding ‘brain waves.’ What are… Read more »

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