The Strange Thing That Happens When You Facebook Stalk Strangers Prevention
The research: Researchers from Benedictine University in Lisle, Illinois, had 26 female undergraduates take a test that measured their social anxiety. A week later, after being hooked up to equipment that measured their skin’s electrical conductivity (a measure of physiological arousal), the participants were split into four groups: one group looked at the Facebook profile of a study collaborator before seeing her in person; another saw the collaborator first and then viewed her Facebook profile; one group only looked at the Facebook profile; and the last group only saw the collaborator in person....