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055 A history of emotion

The British Museum Membercast

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The Shakta Singer Theory of Emotion

The Shakta Singer theory is one of my favorite, favorite experiments ever in the history of science of emotion. They said to a load of people we need to do an experiment and it's about vitamins. The injection wasn't vitamins it was neurodrenaline. I could see why that's unethical. It makes your heart rate increase. It gives you sweaty palms. It can give you hyper vigilant. It's adrenaline. You know what happened afterwards they were asked how they felt? One group said I feel fantastic. The other group said I'm so annoyed. I'm stressed out. I can't cope with it. So that test is ridiculous. What am I doing here? I've

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