Author Vedika Kapoor

  From some wrong conviction cases, it has been discovered that “If you’re convinced for a few hours that you have committed a crime, you’ll accept that even if you haven’t done anything.” Earlier, a team of lawyers and statisticians stated that the so-called criminals which have been sentenced to death in the US were falsely convicted! In order to investigate, a study was led by Julia Shaw, a psychological scientist from Bedfordshire University, UK. She found that if people are questioned in the right way, even the innocents can fabricate in such a way that they can falsely convince themselves that they have committed a crime. Over a period of few hours, an adult can be convinced that they committed a crime as serious as a teenager assaulting with a weapon. The studies involved three adult suspects being interviewed. They were questioned for at least 3 hours and in such a way that made them believe that they have committed a big crime and made them confess despite that they wer...

If I ask you a question- How long do you think it takes to form a habit? 21 days, you’ll prompt. Well, my take on that is that isn’t it a very short period? For example- You’ll find it easier to make a habit of scrolling through your phone for at least 30 minutes a day but if someone asks you to make a habit of exercising regularly, it seems to be like climbing a mountain. You might find it funny but ask yourself, isn’t it true? To be honest, it’s a myth that you develop a habit within the limit of 21 days. Dr. Maxwell Maltz, a cosmetic surgeon and the author of Psycho- Cybernetics (1920), stated the theory of developing a habit in the period of 21 days. He experienced this from his daily-life incidents. Being a doctor, he had to perform surgeries on a daily basis. He experienced a pattern of recovery of 21 days in his patients. He further noticed that it too took him 21 days to develop a new habit or to make adjustments to his changing behaviour. He published a book named Psycho- ...