Time alone? Many would rather hurt themselves

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Time alone? Many would rather hurt themselves

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/time-alone-many-rather-hurt-themselves-185257727.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/nF7nTYDgCBpW1p9VlR9BGg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/20584e548d2fae770af8147235dbaf2e1905c55f.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Many people would rather inflict pain on themselves than spend 15 minutes in a room with nothing to do but think, according to a US study" align="left" title="Many people would rather inflict pain on themselves than spend 15 minutes in a room with nothing to do but think, according to a US study" border="0" /></a>Researchers at the University of Virginia and Harvard University conducted 11 different experiments to see how people reacted to being asked to spend some time alone. Some were college students, others were volunteers who ranged in age from 18-77 and were recruited from a church and farmers' market. Researchers asked them to sit alone in an unadorned room, with no mobile phone, reading or writing materials, and then report back on what it was like to entertain themselves with their thoughts for between six and 15 minutes. In one experiment, students were asked to do the &quot;thinking time&quot; exercise at home.</p><br clear="all"/>

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