there's this weird one this woman did; she found out that hamsters recover from jetlag more quickly when given viagra. and this guy who studied the side effects of sword-swallowing. bizarro!
best of all,
Nutrition: Brian Wansink, for investigating people's appetite for mindless eating by secretly feeding them a self-refilling bowl of soup.
The Bottomless Soup Bowl is Awarded an Ig Nobel Prize!
Q&A: The Bottomless Soup Bowl
1. How did you come up with the idea to develop this bottomless bowl of soup?
People often say they know its time to stop eating when they the plate or bowl they are eating from is empty. They call this, “The Clean Plate Club. "We wanted to know what would happen if a person's plate or bowl never emptied.
We engineered "bottomless soup bowls," that secretly refilled themselves from under the table as people ate.
When we brought 62 people in for a free soup lunch, we found that those with refillable bowls ate 73% more soup, but did not feel any more full. They responded, "How can I be full, I still have 1/2 a bowl of soup left." (Only 2 individuals ever realized this was happening).
how come i have a feeling this is something not unfamilar to me?
ha ha.
but anyway i refuse to believe that people do not notice their soup bowl automatically refilling!
then again, we dont notice that we're hanging on to the earth's surface cause of gravity and that the earth revolves once every 24 hours. if not some people would probably suffer from motion sickness, which might be an interesting study.
ok, nothing much, i think im slightly cranky cause i didnt sleep enough. 4 hours yesterday and 12 hours the day before should add up nicely but my bloodshot eyes and eye bags arent telling me the same thing.
anyway i borrowed a book called the norton psychology reader which is really smashing fantastic brilliant but i reckon i DO NOT have enough time to read it unless i place priority for it over my other study material,which, though detrimental,i know, i am likely to do so. dang.
ok, maybe just a chapter more before give in to a small nap?
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