Research duo confirm that yes, people do blush in the dark
Friday, September 6, 2013 - 11:00
in Biology & Nature
(Phys.org) —Confirming a suspicion held by many dedicated scientists throughout the world, that no attribute of the world around us, or indeed inside of us should go unanalyzed, a pair of researchers has tested and proven that human beings truly are capable of blushing while sitting in a dark room. The pair, Denise Wachter of the University of Erfurt in Germany and Wolter Seuntjens of the Dutch Academy of 'Pataphysics (field of philosophy dedicated to studying what lies beyond the realm of metaphysics) found using a single volunteer and a thermographic camera, that given the right set of circumstances, a young woman can be made to blush in a completely dark room, and that when she does so it can be evidenced as blood rushing to her cheeks.