[lit-ideas] Didn't I tell you so?
- From: "Mike Geary" <atlas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 30 May 2006 10:10:52 -0500
Study links guns and hormones in men
GALESBURG, Ill., May 9 (UPI) -- U.S. psychologists say they've found that
handling a gun creates a hormonal reaction in men that can prime them for
aggression.
Psychologists at Knox College in Galesburg, Ill., enrolled 30 male students in
what was presented as a taste study, The New York Times reported. The
researchers took saliva samples from the students and measured testosterone
levels.
The students were seated, one at a time, at a table in a bare room. On the
table were pieces of paper and either the board game Mouse Trap or a large
handgun. Their instructions: Take apart the game or the gun and write
directions for assembly and disassembly.
Fifteen minutes later, the psychologists again measured testosterone levels and
discovered high levels in men who had had handled the gun, with levels
remaining steady in those working with the board game.
The students were then asked to taste a cup of water with a drop of hot sauce
in it and prepare a similar drink for the next person in the experiment, adding
as much hot sauce as they liked.
The psychologists said those handling the gun put in about three times as much
hot sauce as the others.
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