By Katrina Pascual
Tech Times
Originally posted February 19, 2016
Here is an excerpt:
Now, the modified experiment, conducted by University College London researchers, reflected the subjects' mental distance from their actions when obeying orders.
"We wanted to know what people actually felt about the action as they made it, and about the outcome. Time perception tells us something about the basic experiences people have when they act, not just about how they think they should have felt," said UCL professor and senior study author Patrick Haggard.
Results showed that when the subjects freely chose the action in coercive orders, there was a longer interval between the action and tone, which is produced when subjects gave their partner an electric shock by pressing a key.
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