17-07-2024 06:00 via theguardian.com

Scientists inflict karaoke on young volunteers to find out what makes us blush

Subjects’ performances of songs by Adele, Mariah Carey or from Frozenshown to peers to assessresponsesWere scientists to concoct an experiment that was all but guaranteed to unleash full-on, cheek-reddening embarrassment, then filming adolescents singing Let It Go from Frozen and playing back their performance might well do the job.And so to researchers at the University of Amsterdam who invited dozens of young volunteers into the lab before breaking the news as to what was required. In fr
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