Shared Experiences Are More Intense than Going It Alone
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iStock/Thinkstock(NEW HAVEN, Conn.) — Shared experiences seem to be better or worse than those that one goes through alone, according to a Yale University study.
Leader researcher Erica Boothby had female participants eat chocolate by themselves and then with someone else, who turned out to be another researcher.
As it happened, the participants rated the chocolate as tastier whenever there was another person eating a piece as well.
In the second experiment, the participants were given bitter chocolate, which they rated as more unpleasant whenever someone else shared a piece.
Although she only conducted the small study with women, Boothby says that shared experiences appear to be more intense whether with people we know well or even total strangers.
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