Countless studies have demonstrated that drivers talking on a mobile are slower to brake, less likely to stay in lane and more likely not to notice information and hazards. However, these studies have been criticised for their lack of realism. When people talk on their mobiles while driving in real life, they're usually in their own car, using their own mobile, perhaps in a familiar street enviro
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December 5, 2009
Clown therapy: trick or treat
If you're wondering how effective your average clown is, wonder no more. I've found a randomised controlled trial that tested the effectiveness of clowns in treating children's anxiety before an operation, in comparison to midazolam, an anti-anxiety drug. It turned out, clowns worked the best, but wow, doesn't the study summary read weirdly.Clowns for the prevention of preoperative anxiety in chi
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October 20, 2009
Distracted By A Cell Phone? Some Cell Phone Users Fail To See Unicycling Clown Passing Them
Everyone tends to float off into space once in a while and fail to see what is sitting there right in front of them. Recently researchers decided to put the theory of "inattentional blindness" to the test: the unicycling clown test. They documented real-world examples of people who were so distracted by their cell phone use that they failed to see the bizarre occurrence of a unicycling clown pass
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