People will take pain over being left alone with their thoughts
Given a choice of electric shocks vs. quiet contemplation, some choose shocks

THINK NOT People generally dislike and avoid being alone with their thoughts and in a surprising number of cases prefer mild electric shocks to quiet contemplation, a new study finds.
Ptnphoto/Shutterstock
This article is only available to Science News subscribers.
Subscribers, enter your e-mail address to access our archives.
