VERY interesting. Made me wonder if I would notice, and I realize it would depend on if one of the people administering the experiment was attractive to me or not. Huge probability that I'd be one of the people to not notice because I'd be focusing on something else internally. =)
I tend to think this experiment is somewhat flawed, in that it deals with people in a "functionary" setting. And I, for one, tend to respond to unexpected human interaction in a somewhat introverted manner. I have to make a conscious effort to make eye contact with people who are waiting on me in restaurants, for instance. And I've noticed my coworkers tend not to look at people refilling their water-glasses and whatnot. If a different waiter brings their food, the odds are good they won't even notice. I think this is even more pronounced walking in to a strange room with some drone behind a counter asking you to fill out a form. A lot of people, (like myself) might not even make eye contact or notice them at all. Similarly, I probably couldn't tell you what gender my busdriver was this morning, because they were just "there
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I agree that this feels a bit like bad science, right on the face of it. There are just too many plausible reasons for the "experimental" results, and I really have a hard time thinking that the recorded behavior is a proof of intrinsic brain behavior in and of itself. Still, interesting, huh?
Yeah, very interesting. That's why I was trying to backpedal from saying it was "flawed". It does illustrate...something. And studying how people interact with other people is part of what psychology is about, right?
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Yeah, very interesting. That's why I was trying to backpedal from saying it was "flawed". It does illustrate...something. And studying how people interact with other people is part of what psychology is about, right?
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