Would you approve this research?

If you were on an IRB committee would you approve this? I think it's almost as bad as telling someone their friend died... and then making them do psych tests and then be like "Just Kidding!"

Experiments have shown that social rejection prompts people to make poor decisions, such as eating more than they know they should or drinking too much. Now, a study in the current issue of the journal Social Neuroscience uncovers the neural basis for such poor decision-making. Researchers report that the feeling of social exclusion changes activity in specific regions of the brain responsible for self-control.

The researchers, a group of neuroscientists and psychologists from the University of Georgia and San Diego State University, asked 30 female undergraduates to fill out a personality questionnaire. After pretending a computer analyzed their answers, the researchers told half of the participants that the results suggested they would "end up alone" later in life.

It's definitely interesting and important research though - don't get me wrong. I just really wouldn't want to be a subject (eh.. maybe I'm too sensitive).