The Standford Prison Experiment stands as one of the most notorious psychological experiments ever conducted. Guards, prisoners and researchers recollect what happened 40 years ago in a basement turned prison.

From Weekly Filet #28, in July 2011.

The Menace Within

Stanford Magazine

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