ELECTRIC BLUSH
BEAM SHOWS EMOTIONS THOUGHT REACTIONS LONDON, Dec. 19. Will the time come when a judge simply watches the reactions ot an ac C L.I person as indicated by a flicking beam of light, and give his verdict accordingly I ~ .„, , ,-,,,. ])r F A P Aveling, of King s College," thinks not, but his electrical Sherlock Holmes, exhibited at the college conversazione, gives the most, remarkable results. ... The subject sits in a chair, while an electrical current traverses his hand, then, bv means of a galvanometer, it reflects "thought, reactions by a moving beam of light thrown on a screen. Dr. Aveling sat in the chau. "\merica," said a friend, whereupon tho H«rht moved considerably. It was explained that Dr. Aveling had ]uat returned from America. When income tax was mentioned tl < reaction was'almost" noticed by officials at. Somerset House, next door. A girl sat down, and the operator asked a friend the mime of her sweetheart, When it was repeated to the gn the light jumped off the screen, and went, round tho room. "It is like an electrified blush. said Dr Aveling. Changes duo to threats, fears, anger, and other emotions were registered. .
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17143, 27 December 1929, Page 13
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195ELECTRIC BLUSH Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17143, 27 December 1929, Page 13
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