MindWorks

Would your eyewitness testimony stand up in court? How well does your body handle stress? Do you question authority? Delve into these and other workings of the human mind in the Communication hall on Level 6!







In the Communication hall you can:

  • Listen in on parent-child conversations and decide which style of communication works—and which doesn’t...
  • Use a special keyboard to talk to the animals...
  • Watch how your own body deals with stress using a biofeedback monitor...
  • See how well you respond to authority figures and find out why...
  • Witness a crime and try to spot the criminal...
  • Find out if your brain is “foolproof” with our auditory and visual illusions...
  • And lots more!

Did you know...?
Research in which test subjects were shown a fast-moving simulated crime revealed that roughly 80 out of 100 “eyewitnesses” identified the wrong person as the criminal. How reliable is eyewitness testimony in criminal trials? Find out in the Communication hall.

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