Posted on 08/02/2016 8:01:23 AM PDT by CaptainK
A team of researchers recently published a study that proposes a new model on how violent human behavior may be impacted by a warmer climate.
The paper, published in the journal, "Behavioral and Brain Sciences" by faculty at The Ohio State University and Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam, introduced a model of Climate, Aggression and Self-control in Humans (CLASH) that seeks to understand "differences within and between countries in aggression and violence in terms of differences in climate."
"We believe our model can help explain the impact of climate on rates of violence in different parts of the world," Paul van Lange, lead author of the study, said in a statement through Ohio State.
The model suggests people who live closer to the equator, where the weather is warmer and there is less temperature variability, have more of a focus on the present, according to Brad Bushman, a co-author of the study and professor of communication and psychology at Ohio State.
(Excerpt) Read more at accuweather.com ...
Everybody has a theory.
Last I heard Chicago wasn’t anywhere near the equator.
It was warmer when the Vikings were raiding Europe.
Oh, so all those Aryan Nordic types are in fact NOT as violent as groups near the equator, such as Muslims?
Black violence doesn’t matter.
You beat me to it.
Was thinking the same thing only with NYC.
However, the most violent citizens in both are from regions near the equator.
link is bogus
“It’s not my fault! I’m near the Equator!”
violent human behavior will always have a Mosque in the area
I wonder how much they were paid...?
You could compare a temp map overlayed with a religious affiliation map and get the same conclusion...
Send check to Popman...
Look at the longitude band around the world starting in New Mexico. In about 95% of that band it would behoove you to be armed and careful.
Everybody has a theory.
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Yes, falling out of the crib at an early age is too time worn, so this is the new meme.
Oh, those crazy hot-blooded Latinos!
Do you suppose that this study was funded by Our Tax Dollars?
Northern people had to plan 6 months ahead to live. It kind of rearanged all of humanity.
You know like the Vikings, the Huns, the Mongols, the Vandals...
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