Based on the physiological responses of 60 volunteers while they watched eight of the finalists in the Eurovision Song Contest, researchers have predicted that Moldova will be one of the favourites in the public vote
is that when many people are highly engaged by the same stimulus, their physiological responses are likely to be similar. “But if people are bored of that same stimulus, they may all be bored in different ways,” says Richardson. “Someone might look at their phone, another person may stare out the window – their physiological responses will all look different. That’s the hypothesis at least: I think we still need that killer evidence to support it.”.
But Richardson says he isn't particularly confident that Moldova will actually be successful. The country currently has odds of around 250/1 to win. If none of the team's predictions come right this year, Richardson says he is unlikely to repeat the experiment again. “Maybe Eurovision is just too weird and random a phenomenon and is immune to logic and science.”
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