{"id":1052829,"date":"2010-08-12T18:20:13","date_gmt":"2010-08-12T18:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.immortalitymedicine.tv\/people-behaved-more-selfishly-and-dishonestly-when-working-in-a-dimly-lit-room-or-when-wearing-sunglasses\/"},"modified":"2024-08-17T18:46:14","modified_gmt":"2024-08-17T22:46:14","slug":"people-behaved-more-selfishly-and-dishonestly-when-working-in-a-dimly-lit-room-or-when-wearing-sunglasses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/neurology\/people-behaved-more-selfishly-and-dishonestly-when-working-in-a-dimly-lit-room-or-when-wearing-sunglasses.php","title":{"rendered":"People behaved more selfishly and dishonestly when working in a dimly lit room or when wearing sunglasses"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Researchers found that people working in a dimly lit room were more likely to cheat about their own performance on a task in order to earn more money than people working in a well-lit room.<\/p>

Darkness may create a sense of illusory anonymity that disinhibits self-interested and unethical behaviors. It appears to induce a false sense of concealment, leading people to feel that their identities are hidden.<\/p>

References:
Dim Lighting and Sunglasses Encourage Unethical Behavior in Study<\/a>. WebMD.
Image source: Ray Ban Original Wayfarer, Wikipedia<\/a>, Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.<\/p>

Comments from Twitter and Facebook:<\/p>

@scanman<\/a>: RT @DrVes: when working in a dimly lit room http:\/\/goo.gl\/fb\/erLEf<\/a><\/p>

@doctorwhitecoat<\/a>: Clubbing\/bars? RT @DrVes People behaved more selfishly\/dishonestly when in a dimly lit room or when wearin sunglasses http:\/\/goo.gl\/fb\/erLEf<\/a><\/p>

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Mike Cadogan: \"Recently started working in the office with the light on...feeling better and more energetic already, though not sure about the selfish\/dishonest part...\"<\/div><\/div>

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