They were left with a battery that ...
Earlier in the experiment, some participants said they would pay money to avoid being shocked, ...
Why anyone would prefer an electric shock to...
Perhaps the discomfort of boredom...
Surprisingly, two-thirds of the men and a quarter of the women ...
One man strangely shocked himself...
In a second experiment, people were put in the same distraction-free room and ...
190 times over the short time period.
but once boredom set in, that idea went out the window.
again told to think of anything they wanted, but this time they were given one possible distraction.
they could choose to shock themselves with, and many of them did.
preferred mild physical pain to being alone with their thoughts.
being alone with their own thoughts is a mystery.
is what truly separates humans from animals.