A Sip of Conflict
Would you, could you, will you drink from a water fountain fashioned from an actual—but unused—toilet? Porcelain is just porcelain . . . right?
Where: Crossroads: Getting Started
Emotion Tracer
This exhibit displays physiological arousal, a key part of your emotional state.
Freeloader
Your dilemma: Play for yourself—or for the group?
Human Phenomena Explainer Station
Explainers do social interaction demonstrations.
Mood Lighting
Sit down in a cozy chair and bathe your brain in a bubble of color of your choosing, dialing up anything from amber to violet. As you spend a few moments with each color, you may feel a shift in your own emotional hue.
Where: Crossroads: Getting Started
Pulling Together
Do you work your hardest when you’re working with others? Does it make a difference if other people can see how hard you’re working? Grab a rope, get ready to pull, and experience the phenomenon of social loafing firsthand.
Where: Middle Ground, 100 Larkin St, San Francisco, CA 94102
Time to Think
At this exhibit, you can test your reaction time in three different scenarios—each requiring an increasing amount of thought. In the process, you can actually measure the time it takes your brain to accomplish the extra work of making a (fast) decision.
Where: Crossroads: Getting Started
Unseen Stories
The people we pass by on the street have stories to tell—and so do we. Slow down your thinking and consider these questions: What do people assume about me based on how I look, talk, dress, or carry myself? What do I assume about others, and what might the real story be?
Where: Middle Ground, 100 Larkin St, San Francisco, CA 94102
