Leah+R

Leah R 2011-12
 * THE STUDY OF FEAR AFFECTING THE BODY **

The purpose of this study was to find things that changed human body temperature. Fear is the body’s way of responding to a potential threat, many physical and mental changes happen when scared. The experiment was conducted by the volunteer watching a frightening video then their temp was taken. Changing if the volunteer knows what’s happening or doesn’t does not affect their body temp. Since the volunteers were only subjected to the fear for 30 seconds there was no noticeable change in body temp.
 * ABSTRACT **


 * CONCLUSION **

I have found that not many things drastically changed human body temp. This data shows what can happen to people, under different situations. The hypothesis was not correct; body temperature does not change when one is scared. In the future some experiments to do in the future are to: measure body temp when angered, and to measure body temp before and after sleep.

To read the complete ISP Paper for this experiment, click on the PDF file link below.