{"id":32835,"date":"2011-03-20T15:42:44","date_gmt":"2011-03-20T15:42:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/ncbi-rofl-how-touching-gets-people-to-do-your-bidding-discoblog\/"},"modified":"2011-03-20T15:42:44","modified_gmt":"2011-03-20T15:42:44","slug":"ncbi-rofl-how-touching-gets-people-to-do-your-bidding-discoblog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/astronomy\/ncbi-rofl-how-touching-gets-people-to-do-your-bidding-discoblog.php","title":{"rendered":"NCBI ROFL: How touching gets people to do your bidding. | Discoblog"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>An evaluation of touch on a large request: a field setting.<\/p>

“The effect of touch on compliance to a request has traditionally been tested with small solicitation (answer to a small questionnaire, give a dime to a confederate ….). In our experiment a larger request was evaluated. Passersby, 53 men and 67 women, were asked by two confederates to look after a large and very excited dog for 10 minutes because each wanted to go into a pharmacy where animals were prohibited. In half of the cases, subjects were touched during the request. Analysis showed that, when touched, 55% of the subjects agreed with the request whereas 35% only in the no-touch control condition agreed. This finding indicates that touch was positively associated with the subjects’ compliance (p<.03).”<\/p>

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