experiments

Many psychological studies rely on participants to give up their time to take part in experiments or complete questionnaires. They take part because they get paid or because they are required to as part of their university course. But, beyond this, not much is known about what motivates people...

This may be an interesting little distraction for many on here. A sort of psychic alternative to Wordle... I found a (free) app for practicing remote viewing. ( There's even a competitive element to it - it keeps your scores and a list of the top scorers over time, like an arcade game). There...

Given the simplicity of the set up (the half pingpong balls over the eyes, red light, white noise) for producing apparently psychic and at least hallucinatory experiences, it occurs to me that there really ought to be a simple kit you could buy online to do it at home. A quick check on amazon...

I didn't know whether to put this in New Science or here, but it sounds made up to me, so here it goes. When I was in school, the teacher told us a tale about an experiment where scientists wrapped up a willing subject in so much cotton wool he couldn't feel anything, then plugged up his ears...