Hey, it's Sally helm here.
Today's episode is a rerun from 2019, and, in fact, it is specifically from August 2, 2019, as you will hear.
Hope you enjoy.
This is planet money from NPR.
When I was about nine years old, my sister and I were brought to a university campus in Los Angeles to be studied.
I remember going up in the elevator and being very intimidated just about the whole setup.
This is my sister, Eliza.
So they split us up.
Eliza got taken into a separate room.
And I think I was the first one with the cap.
Okay, Sally, tell me more about this cap.
Well, it was a shower cap looking thing.
It was like gel and the hole and the little holes.
And there were wires coming out of your head.
Yeah, like electrodes.
The scientists put this thing on her head, connected those electrodes to her scalp, and then they turn on the tv.
And then they showed us videos that were disturbing or sad or scary.
Wake up.
In the other room, a different researcher is quizzing little Sally, and the questions were weird.
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