TAKE YOUR BOOTS OFF IN THE RAIN

A DIFFERENT VIEW OF RAINWATER

Pine Tree Post | Science page

Researchers have again proven that water has an extreme effect on human beings. Not only in the physical sense, but, also in the psychological sense. You may recall similar results from the summer 2014, and the spring 2013 experiments.

Experiment 14-3, "Singing In The Rain", allowed two children to play outside in the rain without any footwear. The feel of running water, a torrent rushing down the curbside, on their bare feet had a significant impact on their mood.

THE AMAZING POWER OF WATER

In this experiment the children were strapped into a van, driven around town doing 'errands', and told that due to the weather they could not go bike riding. The subjects were very irritated.
When they were released from the confined area (the van) and allowed to remove their footwear and 'play' in the water the screams of frustration turned to screams of delight. The change in mood and outlook was 180 degrees. Their view on life and the weather went from very negative to over-the-top positive in a matter of seconds.
This was surprising to some researchers since the water being 'played' in was only cold rainwater running down the street. This led to more questions by the researchers; is there an inverse relationship between water temperature and mood, is there any correlation between the current force of the water and mood...the list expanded to ten pages.
More experiments are expected to be performed in the future.


Kingston | 11:13