microrobert
04-23-2015, 04:11 PM
Anxious? Consider Invisibility
Researchers in Sweden create the illusion of being see-through, which might reduce social anxiety.
Whether it's The Ring of Gyges, The Invisible Man, or The Lord of the Rings, literature has long been fascinated with the prospect of invisibility. Would we run around naked? Would we get lonely? Would we feel less anxious in front of crowds?
Science has yet to answer the first two questions, but it has finally tackled the third. The answer, according to a small new experiment: Feeling as though you're invisible—as in H.G. Wells-style see-through—seems to calm one's nerves in the otherwise unnerving experience of having a crowd of people stare at you.
http://www.psmag.com/health-and-behavior/the-invisible-man-had-it-right-all-along?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:%20miller-mccune%2Fmain_feed%20(Pacific%20Standard%20-%20Main%20Feed)
Researchers in Sweden create the illusion of being see-through, which might reduce social anxiety.
Whether it's The Ring of Gyges, The Invisible Man, or The Lord of the Rings, literature has long been fascinated with the prospect of invisibility. Would we run around naked? Would we get lonely? Would we feel less anxious in front of crowds?
Science has yet to answer the first two questions, but it has finally tackled the third. The answer, according to a small new experiment: Feeling as though you're invisible—as in H.G. Wells-style see-through—seems to calm one's nerves in the otherwise unnerving experience of having a crowd of people stare at you.
http://www.psmag.com/health-and-behavior/the-invisible-man-had-it-right-all-along?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:%20miller-mccune%2Fmain_feed%20(Pacific%20Standard%20-%20Main%20Feed)