-Caveat Lector- >From Ananova, http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_350106.html?menu=news.scienceanddiscove ry - Study launched into influence of thought on others An experiment is to get under way to find out if someone can influence a friend just by thinking. Volunteers will be left alone, asked to concentrate on a lit candle, and told to press a button every time their mind wanders. A friend in another room will be told to look at a similar candle and think about helping their friend look at it. Dr Caroline Watt, a research fellow at Edinburgh University, expects to find that the first person concentrates better when their friend 'helps' them. But the helper will only be allowed to assist for eight minutes of each 16 minute experiment. Dr Watt said: "The prediction is that we will find person A presses the button fewer times during the periods when they are being helped by the other." Asked if Tim Henman could use the technique to win Wimbledon next year she said: "It's getting a bit speculative but in theory it might be an issue." The latest study follows two earlier studies at the university which suggested that friends could influence each other while strangers could not. It is being funded by the Society For Psychical Research. Story filed: 16:17 Thursday 12th July 2001 -- Dan S <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
