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Finding stress, and some friction

Title: Finding stress, and some friction
Date: Tuesday, 29 March 2005
Publisher: New York Times
Author: Andy Newman
Main source: nytimes.com

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[Picture / Caption: Richard Perry/The New York Times Subway riders have become used to Scientologists' offer to gauge their stress level. But the city has ejected the group for selling books.] A corridor of the Times Square subway station may not seem to be the ideal spot to conduct a carefully controlled psychological experiment. For one thing, the soundproofing is entirely inadequate. The confluence of a dozen subway lines creates constantly shifting sonic interference, ranging from mild to deafening, that an ... [Read the rest at nytimes.com]