Is Cabin Fever A Real Psychological Condition? | MythBusters

The story that inspired this episode involves a man who thought it would be a good idea to throw a stick of dynamite onto a frozen lake to make a fishing hole, only to watch his dog retrieve it and bring it back, and Adam and Jamie flew all the way to Alaska to find out how plausible that catastrophic chain of events actually is, testing exactly how quickly a trained retriever brings back a thrown object and whether a single stick of dynamite detonated on a frozen lake can actually break through ice thick enough to swallow an SUV, and then immediately pivoted to locking themselves inside separate Alaskan cabins with absolutely zero entertainment for several days while scientists measured their cognitive function and stress levels to find out whether cabin fever is a genuine psychological phenomenon or just something people say when they want to go home. Subscribe so you never miss an experiment:    / @mythbusterstvshow   Using science as their weapon and curiosity as their fuel, Hollywood special effects experts Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman spent 14 seasons and 296 episodes testing the world's most popular myths, urban legends, and movie moments. From the Diet Coke & Mentos explosion to surviving an underwater car escape — if it can be tested, they'll test it. #MythBusters #AdamSavage #ScienceExperiments