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  • 1. The psychology of hunger
    During World War II, men voluntarily starved themselves so that researchers and relief workers could learn about how to help people recover from starvation.
    (October 2013)
  • 2. The IQ Zoo
    Early psychologists used animals to educate and entertain.
    (September 2008)
  • 3. Time Capsule: The early days of sport psychology
    In the 1920s, psychologists used golf balls to give football players a competitive edge.
    (July 2008)
  • 4. Time Capsule: Applying technology to phrenology
    A psychologist's attempt to assess the mind's faculties made big money in the 1930s.
    (June 2008)
  • 5. Time Capsule--Husbands, rate your wives
    A psychologist's attempt to improve marriages provides an interesting glimpse into the social norms of the 1930s — and into one of the first scientific matchmaking services.
    (May 2008)
  • 6. ESPecially intriguing
    Zener cards, created by Duke University perceptual psychologist Karl Zener, PhD, were developed to test one's friends for the presence of extrasensory perception, or ESP.
    (April 2008)
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