According to a recent study conducted by the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel, men’s hostility may be considerably decreased by the smell of women’s tears, as reported by the New York Post.
According to the research, a chemical component in human tears produces a signal that causes men’s brain regions connected to aggression to become less active.
Tears were gathered from women’s faces in an experiment after they saw a depressing film. A computer game that wrongly deducted points in an attempt to incite hostility was played by thirty-one guys. The women’s tears, which were collected on swabs put on their upper lip, or saline solution were sniffed by the group.
In contrast to the saline solution, the results demonstrated a 43.7% decrease in aggressive behavior, notably retaliation when men scented women’s tears. Reduced activity in areas related to aggression and enhanced functional connectivity between scent-processing regions were observed in the brain scans of the “tear-sniffers.”
“The reduction in aggression was impressive to us; it seems real,” said lead professor Noam Sobel. Anger is reduced by anything that is crying.” In addition, Sobel’s earlier studies connected female tears to a drop in male testosterone and a lowering of sexual desire.
Sobel acknowledged that the effects of tear chemicals on adult social interactions would be minimal, but proposed that the composition of tears may have evolved to protect infants who were more susceptible to harm.
In his own words, “Babies cannot say, ‘Stop being aggressive towards me.'” Their communication skills are severely limited.According to the study, sobbing is a behavior that is seen in adults and may be a coping mechanism for reducing aggression and shielding people from harm when they are at risk. The scientists hypothesize that children’s and men’s tears contain comparable chemical signals.
