Sunday, December 31, 2006

A Virtual Reprise of the Stanley Milgram Obedience Experiments

PLOS ONE, 1, e39 (open access).
http://digbig.com/4qmww
Slater, M., Antley, M., Davison, A., Swapp, D., Guger, C., Barker, C., Pistrang, N. & Sanchez-Vives, M.V.
PDF - http://digbig.com/4qmwx

[A Virtual Reprise of the Stanley Milgram Obedience Experiments. The experiment has not previously been replicated by scientists, but a couple of years ago magician Derren Brown put reality show volunteers through the same experiment (pdf), and the Huffington Post reports that US TV channel ABC will screen a replication of the study on 3 January 2007.]