Agatha Christie

The Disneyfication Of Agatha Christie, Hypnotist

The Disneyfication Of Agatha Christie, HypnotistPosted by Spiros Antonopoulos on January 9, 2006 - 1:52pm.

A scientific study reported on in the Times Online UK (here) and in the BBC News (here) suggests that by reading Agatha Christie you become hypnotized. Mesmerized by her repetitive phrases, the study claims that your brain secretes, in Skinner box fashion, “the chemical messengers… that induce pleasure and satisfaction”.



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