tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135284651117634504.post2129234838821056652..comments2023-09-23T08:27:07.212-07:00Comments on Prof Zeki's Musings: Heathrow’s Terminal 5 and the brain’s reward systemUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135284651117634504.post-761231595193802762008-08-05T05:47:00.000-07:002008-08-05T05:47:00.000-07:00Perhaps they are interested in having anxious pass...Perhaps they are interested in having anxious passengers, because in the way out of this puzzle or laberinth, they could liberate anxiety with some shopping; but not interested in ungry passengers, because they are too focused on solving the puzzle or getting out of the laberinth. <BR/><BR/>So I suppose that they “know” that is better to give wrong indications (with associated punishments), than just simply a mess, with no punishments or rewards. This way the passenger tends to balance punishments with small rewards and keeps its faith on the good will behind the indications. <BR/><BR/>But the key point of all that may be that the long walks on space and time through the airport invite the user to calm the “ungry“ response, but not anxiety, that by its nature is more easily acumulative, with the consequences described at the beginning. <BR/><BR/>So, from this point of view, it could be said that it’s a somehow “organized” mess, that –in reality- is self-organized by the situation you described in reference to the role which BAA plays on all that; being a good start or solution the one you propose at the end.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com