In the next set of experiments, subjects performed a subliminal conditioning task that employed the same masking procedure, but the cues were now paired with monetary outcomes.
How did Professor Kay feel when she finally completed the work of a lifetime? "I just felt triumphant," she said. "I sometimes doubted that we would ever finish it."
Not only does she have a tendency to be moody all the time, but she misses appointments, doesn't follow through on projects, and doesn't seem to plan anything till the last minute.
The teen-agers are encouraged to go off and dance and pet with each other, even if they haven't finished their homework; for the grownups need desperately to relax, unobserved.