Toward a Thermoregulatory Model of Violence

Boyanowsky, Ehor O.; Calvert, Jocelyn; Young, Jim; Brideau, Linda

doi:10.2190/yg2q-pnp3-5k30-m145

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“…As described earlier, we know that the brain is responsible for thermoregulation and has a variety of mechanisms designed to keep us cool and functioning. However, the part of the brain that is responsible for thermoregulation is the same part of the brain that is responsible for emotion regulation (Anderson, 1989;Boyanowsky, 1999Boyanowsky, , 2008Boyanowsky et al, 1981). As noted before, the brain has finite resources that can be devoted to functioning.…”

Section: Mechanisms Underlying Direct Temperature-aggression Effectsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Climate Change and Human Behavior

Miles-Novelo

Anderson

2022

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Much of the current rhetoric surrounding climate change focuses on the physical changes to the environment and the resulting material damage to infrastructure and resources. Although there has been some dialogue about secondary effects (namely mass migration), little effort has been given to understanding how rapid climate change is affecting people on group and individual levels. In this Element, we examine the psychological impacts of climate change, especially focused on how it will lead to increases in aggressive behaviors and violent conflict, and how it will influence other aspects of human behavior. We also look at previously established psychological effects and use them to help explain changes in human behavior resulting from rapid climate change, as well as to propose actions that can be taken to reduce climate change itself and mitigate harmful effects on humans.

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Section: Mechanisms Underlying Direct Temperature-aggression Effectsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Climate Change and Human Behavior

Miles-Novelo

Anderson

2022

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“…Weather also has less obvious effects. Research suggests that both uncomfortably high (e.g., Baron 1972) and low temperatures (Boyanowsky et al. 1981–82) increase human aggression, perhaps due to the physical stresses associated with temperature extremes (Cohn 1990).…”

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The Republicans Should Pray for Rain: Weather, Turnout, and Voting in U.S. Presidential Elections

Gomez¹,

Hansford²,

Krause³

2007

The Journal of Politics

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The relationship between bad weather and lower levels of voter turnout is widely espoused by media, political practitioners, and, perhaps, even political scientists. Yet, there is virtually no solid empirical evidence linking weather to voter participation. This paper provides an extensive test of the claim. We examine the effect of weather on voter turnout in 14 U.S. presidential elections. Using GIS interpolations, we employ meteorological data drawn from over 22,000 U.S. weather stations to provide election day estimates of rain and snow for each U.S. county. We find that, when compared to normal conditions, rain significantly reduces voter participation by a rate of just less than 1% per inch, while an inch of snowfall decreases turnout by almost .5%

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“…That is, relative to a comfortable state, moderately uncomfortable feelings (anger in the absence of high temperatures, high temperatures in the absence of anger) lead to an increase in aggression, and more extreme discomfort (anger in the presence of high temperatures) decreases aggression, perhaps because under extreme discomfort flight responses become more dominant than fight responses (e.g., Palamarek & Rule, 1979). Other explanations are possible, of course, including more elaborate hypothalamic mediators of thermoregulation and agonistic behavior(e.g., Bell, 1981;Boyanowsky, Calvert, Young, & Brideau, 1981-82), although research by Rotton, Frey, Barry, Milligan, and Fitzpatrick (1979) suggests that the negative affect-aggression curve generalizes to other environmental stressors.…”

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