Tuesday, August 16, 2005
EMOTION INDUCED BLINDNESS
From the mailbox:
RESEARCHERS have proved what mothers have been telling their sons all along – erotic images can make you go blind.
A study by US psychologists found people shown erotic or gory images could not process what they were seeing immediately afterwards.
Researchers believe emotion-induced blindness could mean drivers simply do not see another car or pedestrian if they have just witnessed an "emotionally charged" scene.
The work, published in the Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, helps shed light on how motorists are affected by the use of sexy billboards.
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