The Soothing Effect: How Women's Crying Can Reduce Men's Anger
Men's anger is reduced when women cry. there's no doubt that crying is an emotional process, but according to a new study published recently, human tears contain a substance that sends chemical signals to the brain that results in a reduction in anger and aggression. Is.
According to the Guardian, a study conducted by the Weizmann Institute of Science and published in the American scientific journal PLOS Biology, the authors revealed that women's tears reduced men's anger or aggression by 40%. bring.
Scientists in this study believe that all human tears may have the same effect. Noam Sobel, a professor of neurobiology at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel, said: 'The reduction in anger or aggression is surprising to us. Whatever is in the tears actually reduces anger.'
A team led by PhD student Shani Agron first asked 25 men to smell a mixture of tears or saline, the men not knowing what it was.
These tears were from 6 women who were shown sad movies. When the women cried while watching the movie, their tears were combined.
"When we looked for people who could donate tears, we found mostly women, because it's easier for them to cry," Agron said.
He added that because previous research had shown that tears decreased levels of testosterone, the hormone that increases aggression in men, it had not been seen at the time to what extent tears might affect behavior. are
In a recent study, experts had men smell a mixture of tears and saline and then asked them to play a computer game that increases anger and aggression, for example, revenge, collecting money, etc.
After playing the game, men's aggressive behavior decreased by 43.7 percent. In addition, the experts found that the prefrontal cortex and anterior insula hormones that increase aggression or anger did not rise above normal.
The study further revealed that the children reduce their parents' anger through anger because they are unable to speak and are helpless.