From: The Atlantic
Study of the Day: More Evidence That We’re a Very Needy Species
February 2, 2012
The Atlantic:
PROBLEM: Psychologists already know that humans need to relate with others to be happy and that being left out can be stressful. But just how small a cue is necessary to help someone feel connected?
METHODOLOGY: Researchers led by Purdue University’s Eric D. Wesselmann carried out a field experiment on campus with 282 randomly selected participants. A research assistant walked along a well-populated path, picked a subject, and either met that person’s eyes, met their eyes and smiled, or looked in the direction of the person’s eyes but past them, as if looking through air.
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