10 Weird Psychology Studies


	10 Weird Psychology Studies
Mohir
12-20-2007 11:40 AM
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12-20-2007 2:27 PM
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We are a bit self-obsessed as a species, some of us extend ourselves even farther
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/b872e5f4-4bc7-4bac-a87e-0e073a639b92/A8BE623A-1264-4902-A69A-33DA6F9AA746/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.spring.org.uk/2007/12/10-weird-psychology-studies-vote-now.php" href="http://www.spring.org.uk/2007/12/10-weird-psychology-studies-vote-now.php" style="font-size: 11px;">www.spring.org.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.spring.org.uk/2007/12/10-weird-psychology-studies-vote-now.php">Psychologists are skilled at inventing unusual tests of human thought and behaviour, but some research is pretty weird. Over the past few months I've been examining some of the weirdest studies around. There's research into psychic dogs, invasions from Mars, the antidepressant properties of semen, pigeon-guided missiles and men's urination.<SPAN class="fullpost">  </SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.spring.org.uk/2007/12/10-weird-psychology-studies-vote-now.php"><DIV class="series-title"><SPAN>1.</SPAN> <A href="http://www.spring.org.uk/2007/06/dont-stand-so-close-to-me.php">Don't Stand So Close to Me</A></DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.spring.org.uk/2007/12/10-weird-psychology-studies-vote-now.php"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.spring.org.uk/img/245984D6-983E-4EA3-81BC-E726CD968A06" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.spring.org.uk/2007/12/10-weird-psychology-studies-vote-now.php">Middlemist, Knowles and Matter (1976) designed an experiment to test how the speed and flow of men's urination in a public lavatory was affected by invasions of personal space.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.spring.org.uk/2007/12/10-weird-psychology-studies-vote-now.php"><DIV class="series-title"><SPAN>2.</SPAN> <A href="http://www.spring.org.uk/2007/07/facial-similarity-between-couples.php">Empathy Causes Facial Similarity Between Couples to Increase Over Time</A></DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.spring.org.uk/2007/12/10-weird-psychology-studies-vote-now.php"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.spring.org.uk/img/AD19CDC5-9C5A-43A0-A82E-9B6D231FF054" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.spring.org.uk/2007/12/10-weird-psychology-studies-vote-now.php"><DIV class="series-title"><SPAN>3.</SPAN> <A href="http://www.spring.org.uk/2007/10/neuroscientist-studies-his-own-stroke.php">Neuroscientist Studies His Own Stroke</A></DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.spring.org.uk/2007/12/10-weird-psychology-studies-vote-now.php"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.spring.org.uk/img/EEE37B6D-BFC3-430D-9460-B383FA12C04B" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.spring.org.uk/2007/12/10-weird-psychology-studies-vote-now.php"><DIV class="series-title"><SPAN>4.</SPAN> <A href="http://www.spring.org.uk/2007/06/pigeon-guided-missiles-superstitious.php">Superstitious Pigeon-Guided Missiles</A></DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.spring.org.uk/2007/12/10-weird-psychology-studies-vote-now.php"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.spring.org.uk/img/D31654FD-D149-4288-AB19-0087065DC989" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.spring.org.uk/2007/12/10-weird-psychology-studies-vote-now.php"><DIV class="series-title"><SPAN>5.</SPAN> <A href="http://www.spring.org.uk/2007/11/psychic-dog.php">A Psychic Dog?</A></DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.spring.org.uk/2007/12/10-weird-psychology-studies-vote-now.php"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.spring.org.uk/img/E5DE6B80-9A74-4186-A43B-F25DB205B22C" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.spring.org.uk/2007/12/10-weird-psychology-studies-vote-now.php"><DIV class="series-title"><SPAN>6.</SPAN> <A href="http://www.spring.org.uk/2007/11/are-we-programmed-to-laugh.php">Are We Programmed to Laugh When Tickled?</A></DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; 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border: none;" cite="http://www.spring.org.uk/2007/12/10-weird-psychology-studies-vote-now.php"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.spring.org.uk/img/EED05373-0AE0-4C3A-850D-202EDBECAD12" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.spring.org.uk/2007/12/10-weird-psychology-studies-vote-now.php"><DIV class="series-title"><SPAN>8.</SPAN> <A href="http://www.spring.org.uk/2007/08/does-semen-have-antidepressant.php">Does Semen Have Antidepressant Properties?</A></DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.spring.org.uk/2007/12/10-weird-psychology-studies-vote-now.php"><DIV class="series-title"><SPAN>9.</SPAN> <A href="http://www.spring.org.uk/2007/06/stop-staring-at-me.php">Stop Staring at Me!</A></DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.spring.org.uk/2007/12/10-weird-psychology-studies-vote-now.php"><DIV><IMG width="80" height="80" src="http://www.spring.org.uk/images/staring2_thumb.jpg" /></DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.spring.org.uk/2007/12/10-weird-psychology-studies-vote-now.php"><DIV class="series-title"><SPAN>10.</SPAN> <A href="http://www.spring.org.uk/2007/08/human-dog-psychology-5-weird-studies.php">Human-Dog Psychology</A></DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.spring.org.uk/2007/12/10-weird-psychology-studies-vote-now.php"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.spring.org.uk/img/FF275460-D0F0-42CE-868D-8782B41C335E" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.spring.org.uk/2007/12/10-weird-psychology-studies-vote-now.php"><H3>Now vote for your favourite</H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.spring.org.uk/2007/12/10-weird-psychology-studies-vote-now.php"><DIV>Which is the weirdest study? Vote now!</DIV></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/A8BE623A-1264-4902-A69A-33DA6F9AA746/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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