Lab Rats: Scaredy Rats

Synopsis: A series in which four volunteers undergo a range of physical and psychological experiments. Cut off from the outside world and confined to a laboratory for twenty-four hours, the participants surrender their minds and bodies in the name of scientific research, with every move closely monitored by scientists.

In this programme the Lab Rats experience the science and psychology of fear using their own bodies as laboratories, by facing their great fears and trying to overcome them in just one week. Their vital signs are monitored to measure their terror as they undergo ‘Flooding Therapy’ which requires extreme exposure to their fears. Mike Leahy confronts his fear of heights. Zeron Gibson is petrified of snakes and his fear has grown to a phobia. Peter Naish, a psychologist from the Open University, guides Zeron through the physical and mental basis of his fear.
Series: Lab Rats, Xso14 Series
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Year of release: 2004
Year of production: 2004
Availability: Out of distribution
Notes: Broadcast on BBC3 on 21/8/2004
Subjects: Psychology
Keywords: anxiety; phobias; scientific research; fear

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