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Tuesday, October 01, 2002Macht and his colleagues studied 48 healthy men of normal weight, showing them film clips intended to induce joy (from When Harry Met Sally), sadness (The Champ), anger (Cry Freedom) or fear (Silence of the Lambs). Then they gave them a piece of chocolate, and asked them how much they enjoyed it, and whether they wanted more. It's a pretty big leap of faith to assume that When Harry Met Sally made men feel happy. Maybe it just made them feel bored. UPDATE: A reader agrees: Sorry, but this study seems a little flawed to me. First, the "joy" movie was a chick-flick. If they really wanted to see what happens to a man, feed him chocolate while watching "Blazing Saddles". They also missed out by not having an action movie in the mix. This shows a poorly designed experiment to me. Put a bowl of M&Ms in front of them while watching "Terminator 2" and see what happens. Or maybe the Super Bowl. "When Harry Met Sally", come on! I agree with you - they were bored. They were trying to induce pleasure the only way they could - by eating chocolate and writing "Please kill me!" on the wrappers before throwing them out the window. posted by Sydney on 10/01/2002 08:21:00 AM 0 comments 0 Comments: |
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