Wide-Faced Men May Be More Aggressive

Shiba-Kun · 08-26-2008, 06:07 PM

Are you a circle or an oval faced person? Me... I'm round faced, but I'm a peaceful type.

Wide-Faced Men May Be More Aggressive
Friday, August 22, 2008

By Charles Q. Choi

Men with big mugs are more aggressive, a new study of hockey players suggests.

Men in general have wider faces than women do, a difference in the sexes that emerges at puberty as testosterone levels rise.

At the same time, testosterone is tied with aggression, leading researchers to search for a link between aggression and wide faces.

Canadian scientists investigated photos of pro and varsity hockey players, measuring how wide and long their faces were.

They found the wider that faces looked, the more aggressive players were, as measured by the number of penalty minutes they accrued, which are handed out for aggressive behavior.

"One great thing about hockey is that you're able to display aggressive behavior in an acceptable manner. You don't have to go to prison or whatnot for striking someone with an elbow. It makes a good setting to look at aggression," said researcher Justin Carré, a behavioral neuroscientist at Brock University in St. Catharines, Ontario.

Carré himself used to play NCAA-level hockey, and is an assistant coach for Brock's hockey team.

In addition, the researchers tested 88 college students for aggression with a computer game where they were told they were matched against an opponent of the same sex, who in reality was just the computer.

In the game, they could push one button to accumulate points, another button to protect their points from getting stolen and a final button to aggressively steal points from an opponent they were told was stealing points from them.

The scientists discovered that face width was linked with aggression in men, but not in women.

"We were astounded to see that this relatively simple measurement in the face predicted how aggressive men were in a lab-based computer game, and then equally astounded to see that the same measure could predict aggressive behavior in a real-world setting, that of sports," said researcher Cheryl McCormick, a behavioral neuroscientist at Brock University.

These new findings suggest that faces may have been shaped by evolution to signal aggressiveness to others.

Link to complete article:
FOXNews.com - Wide-Faced Men May Be More Aggressive - Science News | Science & Technology | Technology News

Dave-D · 08-26-2008, 06:42 PM

All you guys with the wide faces can be on my PB team next time we choose up.

Reconshooter · 08-26-2008, 06:50 PM

So that explains why I used to get suspended so much in high school...and they told me I was just an angry young man...lol...well next time I lose my cool I'll just put a tape messure across my face and explain that its cause I have a wider face than the other guy...

Harbinger[TG] · 08-26-2008, 07:45 PM

Yeah so how does one determine which face we have?

heinous · 08-26-2008, 09:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Harbinger[TG]

Yeah so how does one determine which face we have?

I wonder if you train yourself to have a cooler temper, would your face get narrower.

Brewtt · 08-26-2008, 09:14 PM

Damn fat heads. A bunch of barbarians they are.

Harbinger[TG] · 08-26-2008, 09:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by heinous

I wonder if you train yourself to have a cooler temper, would your face get narrower.

Are you implying I have a temper?

SHOOT3R USA · 08-26-2008, 09:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by heinous

I wonder if you train yourself to have a cooler temper, would your face get narrower.

I think so...

Maybe you could be a nice guy but would be aggressive when it was time for business

heinous · 08-26-2008, 09:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Harbinger[TG]

Are you implying I have a temper?

that depends, is your face wide? If so then I'm going to say no and not mess with you

Quote:

Originally Posted by SHOOT3R USA

I think so...

Maybe you could be a nice guy but would be aggressive when it was time for business

Hulk's face gets wider than Banner's right?

The new Hulk should have absolutely no difference from Banner except a wider face

Brewtt · 08-26-2008, 09:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Brewtt

Damn fat heads. A bunch of barbarians they are.

Makes me wonder if having beady eyes and flapping heads makes you more a pansy.

08-26-2008, 06:07 PM	#1 (permalink)
Shiba-Kun MCB Member Join Date: Sep 2006	Wide-Faced Men May Be More Aggressive Are you a circle or an oval faced person? Me... I'm round faced, but I'm a peaceful type. Wide-Faced Men May Be More Aggressive Friday, August 22, 2008 By Charles Q. Choi Men with big mugs are more aggressive, a new study of hockey players suggests. Men in general have wider faces than women do, a difference in the sexes that emerges at puberty as testosterone levels rise. At the same time, testosterone is tied with aggression, leading researchers to search for a link between aggression and wide faces. Canadian scientists investigated photos of pro and varsity hockey players, measuring how wide and long their faces were. They found the wider that faces looked, the more aggressive players were, as measured by the number of penalty minutes they accrued, which are handed out for aggressive behavior. "One great thing about hockey is that you're able to display aggressive behavior in an acceptable manner. You don't have to go to prison or whatnot for striking someone with an elbow. It makes a good setting to look at aggression," said researcher Justin Carré, a behavioral neuroscientist at Brock University in St. Catharines, Ontario. Carré himself used to play NCAA-level hockey, and is an assistant coach for Brock's hockey team. In addition, the researchers tested 88 college students for aggression with a computer game where they were told they were matched against an opponent of the same sex, who in reality was just the computer. In the game, they could push one button to accumulate points, another button to protect their points from getting stolen and a final button to aggressively steal points from an opponent they were told was stealing points from them. The scientists discovered that face width was linked with aggression in men, but not in women. "We were astounded to see that this relatively simple measurement in the face predicted how aggressive men were in a lab-based computer game, and then equally astounded to see that the same measure could predict aggressive behavior in a real-world setting, that of sports," said researcher Cheryl McCormick, a behavioral neuroscientist at Brock University. These new findings suggest that faces may have been shaped by evolution to signal aggressiveness to others. Link to complete article: FOXNews.com - Wide-Faced Men May Be More Aggressive - Science News \| Science & Technology \| Technology News

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Dave-D Active Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Jacksonville, FL	Ummm... O.K. All you guys with the wide faces can be on my PB team next time we choose up.

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