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Aggression is written on the face

21.11.2008

Physiognomy, the science of the correspondence of a person's appearance to his character, popular until the end of the XNUMXth century, seems to be able to be revived.

Canadian anthropologists measured the ratio of face width to height in photographs of professional hockey players, and then compared the result with the number of minutes spent by the corresponding player on the penalty box for being too aggressive.

It turned out that hockey players with more rounded, broad faces are more likely to abuse power techniques. This pattern was also confirmed in students who were asked to play a computer game that provoked aggressive behavior. But such a connection was not found among the female students who played. The Canadian women's hockey team does not have it either.

The reasons for the pattern found are not very clear, but they suggest that it is due to the action of the male sex hormone - testosterone, which is responsible for both the level of aggressiveness and some physical traits of a man.

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