Stanford Study Finds 98% Recidivism Rate for Mouth Burns from Hot Food
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The Onion Staff
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Summary
Stanford University researchers conducted a decade-long study finding a 98% recidivism rate among Americans who burn their mouths on hot food. Despite experiencing pain and lingering numbness, nearly all subjects repeated the behavior almost immediately, suggesting traditional disincentives are ineffective at preventing recurrence of this common self-destructive pattern.
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· 3 pulledIn a comprehensive, decade-long study of the self-destructive pattern, researchers at Stanford University recorded a shocking 98% recidivism rate among Americans who had burned their mouths on hot food.
Despite the lingering numbness on their tongues or the roofs of their mouths, the study found that nearly all subjects who burned themselves on items such as soup or fresh-out-of-the-oven pizza repeated the behavior almost immediately.
The findings suggest that traditional punitive disincentives are woefully inadequate in preventing recurrence of the harmful practice.
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