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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...novel experiment involving 140 University volunteers, the Metropolitan State Hospital, and $87,000 from the National Institute of Mental Health started last week at Phillips Brooks House...
...perhaps the greatest Tory asset was Harold Macmillan himself and the general post war image of his party which he has helped to create in the public mind. This is the image of a united, progressive, responsible party which can maintain Britain's role abroad and bring prosperity without state control at home. By retaining much nationalization and by extending most of the welfare state the Conservatives have stolen many of Labor's robes. By denationalizing less suitable industries and by reducing taxes and state controls, they have retained their traditional right-wing support...
...such issue is whether the NDEA, by giving money to divinity students, mixes church and state...
Hypnosis can motivate subjects to perform extraordinary feats of endurance and strength, but appropriate motivation in the wake state, if properly applied, can also increase the physical capacity of the subject. In an experiment designed to test the effect of hypnosis versus that of motivation on the physical capacity, Dr. Orne had hypnotized subjects hold a kilogram weight at arm's length. They were told that their arm was resting on a table (hallucinated) and that they could feel no discomfort in it. They were asked to hold the weight as long as possible without dropping it or lowering their...
Volunteer subjects were trained to go into hypnosis easily and deeply. After they were thoroughly familiar with the nature of the trance state, they met Shor for the first time. The subjects were then placed on an apparatus called a polygraph, an amazing device built by Bernard Tursky, and developed at the Massachusetts Mental Health Center. The polygraph measures the changes in perspiration, heart rate, respiration, and muscle tension...