Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Doctors Coat Helps Focused Attention




A recent study in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology found that wearing the white coat of a doctor caused the person to focus and pay more attention.  Wearing the white coat of a painter or other occupation didn't have the same effect.  The scientists call this enclothed cognition: the effects of clothing on cognitive processes.

The experiment was done with 58 undergraduates who

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