[RobertRoberts]

It's too bad studies like this have errors (obvious only in retrospect). I learned as a kid to entertain myself with thoughts and can do so easily for a long time.

But I will shock myself at least once just to see how bad the shock is... not because I would be bored.

(unless they took this into account and let everyone shock themselves before starting the experiment? That would be smart of them... didn't have time to read the study)

[automatoney]

I wondered about the same, see my sibling comment. They all had been shocked and had said they'd pay to not be shocked again.

[purple-again]

I am you and you are me! I have to reign in the day dreaming or I can sit on a bench happy in my mind for hours. I too would have to shock myself at least once to assuage my curiosity.