Sentences with phrase «mild electric shock when»

- Snore Stopper, a gadget that gives your wrist a mild electric shock when it detects snoring («My wife, Angelica, and the kids love to make snoring sounds when I'm wearing it just to zap me on purpose.»)

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The Times article cited a study published in the journal Psychological Science, which found that when happily married women held their spouses» hand while they received mild electric shocks, the parts of their brain associated with pain were less active than when they weren't holding their spouse's hand.

Then, when researchers left people alone in a room with a device that let them jolt themselves with mild electric shocks, they discovered that most men are so desperate for distractions that they would rather zap themselves.

When they were «caught,» they were given a series of mild electric shocks.

In one group of mice, he and his colleagues dosed their mothers with a synthetic compound that simulates a mild viral infection during late pregnancy; when their offspring hit early puberty at about 6 weeks of age, the young mice were exposed to unpredictable stress, such as being restrained, deprived of water, or given electric foot shocks.

When young condors released into the wild electrocuted themselves on power lines, the scientists installed mock pylons in their cages, delivering mild electric shocks to any bird that perched on them.

When that didn't work, the researchers sometimes resorted to mild electric shock, using a nine - volt battery to make the venom glands contract and prompt the release of a droplet or two.

When an odor is paired with a mild electric shock, the flies develop short - term memories that persist for around a half - hour, intermediate - term memory that lasts a few hours and long - term memory that persists for days.