How to spot aggressive people by the way they walk

Image result for John Wayne walk
John Wayne in the 1953 movie "Hondo". 

Wayne's particular ambling walk is one of his trademarks,
one that Wayne attributed to his meetings with Western
legend Wyatt Earp as well as movie studio coaching.


Link between walk, aggression discovered

The way people walk can give clues to how aggressive they are, a new exploratory study has found. The work found that the exaggerated movement of both the upper and lower body indicated aggression.

The researchers from the Department of Psychology assessed the personalities of 29 participants, before using motion capture technology to record them walking on a treadmill at their natural speed. The study found that the exaggerated movement of both the upper and lower body indicated aggression.

Lead researcher Liam Satchell said: "When walking, the body naturally rotates a little; as an individual steps forward with their left foot, the left side of the pelvis will move forward with the leg, the left shoulder will move back and the right shoulder forward to maintain balance. An aggressive walk is one where this rotation is exaggerated."

The researchers asked participants to complete a questionnaire, which measured their levels of aggression.  They also used a standard personality test called the 'big five' to assess personality traits including openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness and neuroticism. Together they can help map the way people think, feel and behave.

Using motion capture technology, which records the actions of humans and uses the information to bring to life digital character models in 3D computer animation, the researchers analysed thorax and pelvis movements, as well as speed of gait.

Mr Satchell said: "People are generally aware that there is a relationship between swagger and psychology. Our research provides empirical evidence to confirm that personality is indeed manifest in the way we walk.

"We know of no other examples of research where gait has been shown to correlate with self-reported measures of personality and suggest that more research should be conducted between automatic movement and personality."

Mr Satchell said identifying the potential relationship between an individual's biological motion and their intention to engage in aggression could be used to help prevent crime.

"If CCTV observers could be trained to recognise the aggressive walk demonstrated in this research, their ability to recognise impending crimes could be improved further."

Story Source:  Materials provided by University of Portsmouth.  Liam Satchell, Paul Morris, Chris Mills, Liam O’Reilly, Paul Marshman, Lucy Akehurst. Evidence of Big Five and Aggressive Personalities in Gait Biomechanics. Journal of Nonverbal Behavior, 2016

Comments

  1. it is an honour and my delightful moment to testify about a great man who cure my wife fibroid which she had been suffering from since 6 years,i have tried all the possible means to cure my wife fibroid,moving from one hospital to another but all the effort was not successful,we almost spent all our money still no hope,i was very confused and frustrated and at a point of giving up until a friend of recommend me to a great herbal doctor who also cure his wife fibroid his name his dr oriane ,i contact him and he advice me and recommend his medication to me which i bought and my wife started using the medication and within 21 days the fibroid was gone,my wife was able to be pregnant and today we are happy with our 2 kids and we forever thanking dr oriane for his signs and wonder he has done in our life..you can contact him via his email at droriane6@gmail.com or add on whatsapp +2349031652461  

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Workout supplements: An emerging eating disorder in men?

Remember faces but not names? You got it wrong.

The New Relationship: Living Apart, Together

Parallel Universes Exist. . . and Interact

Why some people hear color, taste sounds