Why do men seem hotter than women?

What is the real purpose of anger? Are men more hot-tempered than women? Does anger affect our spirit? The answers to these questions are gradually being revealed by science.

According to the Guardian article , anger is one of the most primitive emotions of humans, although many neural circuit animals are basically like us. Anger can be divided into many levels, stretching from gentle to explosive. And in each person, in each experience will create a different level of anger. But when science is involved in researching this area, we will be able to gradually reveal the explanations for the relationship between anger and personality, age, gender and life experience of each person. .

Scientists believe that anger has been embedded deep in our brains through hundreds of millions of years of evolution. It forms part of the fighting instinct, this kind of instinct is the tool that helps us confront the dangers and scramble for resources, while helping us assert our own social norms. In essence, anger is rooted deep in the reward system of the brain - a group of neurological structures responsible for encouraging. In addition, we constantly measure the circumstances that we expect to happen, this process can take place subconsciously. And once there is disagreement over what they expect and realize, the neural structure group sends an alarm, while stimulating activity in the amygdala of the brain.

In essence, anger is rooted deep in the reward system of the brain.(Illustration).

Then the anger will trigger the body's combat or flight response, and the adrenal gland will pour into a series of stress hormones including adrenaline and testosterone, to help us prepare for it. touch "physics. But the last act of anger is controlled by a second brain region - the prefrontal cortex, which is responsible for making decisions and finding reasons. This brain region will consider anger and remind us to act so as not to exceed social limits in most circumstances and time. It is what limits the primitive nature of mankind.

How does anger affect how we think?

Anger can really affect the way we perceive risks . Many studies have shown that it can make us disagree and underestimate the possibility of bad consequences. Evidence is that in a study, people will make volunteers feel angry, this group will estimate the occurrence rate of cardiovascular diseases lower than the group of volunteers in a state fear level. Not only that, these "aggressive" volunteers also say that they want to be paid more. Accordingly, depending on the surroundings, anger can make us more brave or reckless.

Anger also affects population dynamics. When we feel angry, we tend to think more negatively and more biased about outsiders, and at the same time, it is easier to blame the negative characteristics of the nature of someone rather than their circumstances. Not only that, there have been many studies showing that people who are in anger also tend to find people to blame. But this action not only does not calm the anger, but it also increases the anger of that person with one or a group of people who are blamed. This in some cases will constitute an irrational anger spiral.

Is there any benefit to anger?

If viewed historically, anger is often thought to be a negative thing. In the ancient Roman Empire, the anger claimed by Seneca was " not worth anything even in the war ". Not only that, rage is also one of seven sins. But the scientific community recognizes that anger can have some benefits for individuals in particular and for society in general.

Anger can act as a powerful source of motivation. In a study conducted in 2010, Dutch scientists showed volunteers images of objects such as pens and cups on a computer screen, interwoven with these images, which are two molds. The face shows anger and no expression. When an angry face image shows up, participants tend to crave the item and will work harder in a game in the study to be able to acquire those objects. In addition, the interesting point is that the participants were not aware of this motivation, and they said that they were merely interested in those things.

The outward expression of anger can also change the way you perceive. Larissa Tiedens, an American psychologist with experience in anger research, has found that the study participants will have an interest in President Bill Clinton when he witnesses his anger. about the scandal involving Monica Lewinsky rather than when they saw him expressing a sad mood. Not only that, the same effect also appears if replacing Bill with other unpopular politicians.

Besides, Tiedens also found that the study participants tended to assign higher levels of social status and salary to job applicants who rated themselves as a hot-tempered person. And when you express anger in a negotiation, the success rate will be higher because we tend to yell at people who are said to be stubborn and domineering. But we should also note that all of the studies mentioned above are about anger in men. Besides, many studies have shown evidence that women are less angry than men.

Men and women, who is easier to get angry?

Usually, compared to women, men are more likely to show their anger out , so people also believe that men are hotter than the weaker sex. But this is not correct . Research has shown that women experience frequent and intense anger as much as men do. It is true that tempered men are more aggressive, but this does not conclude that women are not as angry as men often. In a study conducted by scientists at Southwestern University of Missouri, the team investigated about 200 women and men, and came to the conclusion that the frequency of anger and anger expressed by Action in women is not inferior to men. The biggest difference that the authors find is that men are often inferior to anger, whereas women do better in controlling impulsive actions that are caused by anger.

Women experience anger often and violently like men.(Illustration).

There is also evidence that gender differences in anger actually stem from differences in brain physiology. A study conducted by Ruben and Raquel Gur, a couple at the Medical School at the University of Pennsylvania, found that although the amygdala in men and women 's brains are the same size, but the prefrontal cortex in women is larger in size. This is the brain area that performs the function of managing and controlling impulsive actions in humans. From this finding, the authors argue that this is why women will often be better than men in suppressing rising emotions.

But scientists still have not fully understood the effects of brain physiology on the formation of differences between the two sexes. Even so, they found a lot of credible evidence indicating that many other behaviors, along with social expectations, also contributed in part to forming this difference.

The psychologist at Yale University points out: " We also find that the difference in educational modes between boys and girls at school can also affect their ability to control how they react. And if only comparing the differences in the brain, we will not be able to explain the difference, it is much more complicated than that . "

Mental health and anger

The way we respond to angry feelings depends on a balanced association between several different areas of the brain. But when these connections are broken, people will become more aggressive than usual.

Neurodegenerative diseases including Alzheimer's and especially the forehead dementia-temporal dementia are all causes of damage to the prefrontal cortex - the brain partition is capable of inhibiting those Instinctive response to frustrations and anger. Not only that, these pathologies can also completely cut off the connections between this partition of the brain and the amygdala.

Luca Passamonty, a neuroscientist and researcher at Cambridge University, said: " People who suffer from forehead dementia - temples will often become aggressive, frown and It is more irritating than usual, it also makes patients more easily exposed to their discomfort, while increasing the severity of the way they express these feelings . "

Passamonti also said that the cause of the truth is a combination of losing the ability to suppress instant feedback from frustration and anger and difficulties in considering the context of emotions, as well as the difficulty of understanding why I am feeling that way.

Also, the way we handle anger can affect our spirit. Passamonti said, in some people, extreme inhibition may occur, which is when the prefrontal cortex becomes "more dynamic" than usual, although this phenomenon helps us to control the behavior of when I get angry, it will make us feel mentally exhausted.

Not only that, according to Baskin-Sommers, who has done a lot of research on criminal behavior and anti-social behavior, life experiences will also affect the way we feel angry. She said: " There have been many studies showing the links between being exposed to anger and non-realistic aggression ."

A recent study aims to find out how much the level of exposure to violence is so that it can change people's cognitive processes. The authors of the study have come to the conclusion that childhoods must live with violence, although it is possible to distinguish good people from bad people, but they cannot trust anyone even when that person acted very generously. According to the way Baskin-Sommers explains, " violence has shaped these people deeply in the nature of that person, making them unable to distinguish who they should trust. These people always feel themselves as if standing by the edge and unable to find a way for them to navigate the social world around them . "

The feeling is always threatened to make anger and aggression more susceptible to activation. But Baskin-Sommers is optimistic that in the future there will be many other interventions including cognitive behavioral therapy, which will enable these people to overcome the uncommon childhood experience.

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