Some People Find Angry Expressions Rewarding

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FRIDAY, March 30 (HealthDay News) -- While most people are upset or concerned when someone gives them an angry look, there are others -- with high levels of testosterone -- who actually enjoy angry expressions and seek ways to provoke them, new research suggests.

"It's kind of striking that an angry facial expression is consciously valued as a very negative signal by almost everyone, yet at a non-conscious level can be like a tasty morsel that some people will vigorously work for," study co-author Oliver Schultheiss, an associate professor of psychology at the University of Michigan, said in a prepared statement.

He said the findings may help explain why some people are so fond of teasing.

"Perhaps teasers are reinforced by that fleeting 'annoyed look' on someone else's face and therefore will continue to heckle that person to get that look again and again. As long as it does not stay there for long, it's not perceived as a threat but as a reward," Schultheiss said.

He and lead author Michelle Wirth measured testosterone levels in volunteers and then had them do a computer task in which certain complex keyboard sequences triggered different images on the computer screen -- an angry face, a neutral face, or no face.

Males and females with higher testosterone levels than other members of the same sex learned the angry face sequence better than the other sequences. This did not happen among volunteers with lower testosterone levels.

The association between higher testosterone levels and better learning of the angry face keyboard sequence was strongest when angry faces flashed on the computer screen subliminally -- too fast for conscious identification.

"Better learning of a task associated with anger faces indicates that the anger faces were rewarding, as in a rat that learns to press a lever in order to receive a tasty treat. In that sense, anger faces seemed to be rewarding for high-testosterone people but aversive for low-testosterone people," Wirth said in a prepared statement.

The study was published in the journal Physiology and Behavior.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20070330/hl_hs...ssionsrewarding

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

I blame Al Gore.

[Niels Bohr 72]

Hmmm...This is linked to the endorphins manufactured by the pituitary glands in our brain. It's a sense of high we receive from apprehension of other feelings, or revenge, or success. We tend to hold on to these feelings stronger, and remember them more.

[Nagishkaw 510]

I blame Al Gore.

Touche !

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[GaryC 7]

HI GARY,

nice to see u again at visajourney so did your fiancee got visa or she just approved with AP.

Yours and my timeline are close to each other i m on AP and waiting for visa. Looking forward for your kind response

thanks

She got her visa Feb 15. She arrives later this week on April 6.

[faal4anisa 0]

Congratulations and happy reunion lucky one you people get a visa on the same day of interivew but in pakistan its a dream that u get visa on same day rather we are on AP and how long it takes no one knows that anyhow many many congratulations and happy future life together

[GaryC 7]

Congratulations and happy reunion lucky one you people get a visa on the same day of interivew but in pakistan its a dream that u get visa on same day rather we are on AP and how long it takes no one knows that anyhow many many congratulations and happy future life together

I hope your AP goes quickly and successfully. Hang in there!

[RaspberrySwirl 20]

HI GARY,

nice to see u again at visajourney so did your fiancee got visa or she just approved with AP.

Yours and my timeline are close to each other i m on AP and waiting for visa. Looking forward for your kind response

thanks

She got her visa Feb 15. She arrives later this week on April 6.

Hey, that's my birfday . Congrats again, you two.

[GaryC 7]

HI GARY,

nice to see u again at visajourney so did your fiancee got visa or she just approved with AP.

Yours and my timeline are close to each other i m on AP and waiting for visa. Looking forward for your kind response

thanks

She got her visa Feb 15. She arrives later this week on April 6.

Hey, that's my birfday . Congrats again, you two.

Hehe, hijacking my own thread about angry reactions in favor of the happiest time of my life is a good thing I guess! I am bouncing off the walls trying to speed up time! I am about to go shopping again for some last minute things and to get the rest of her homecoming dinner!

[RaspberrySwirl 20]

HI GARY,

nice to see u again at visajourney so did your fiancee got visa or she just approved with AP.

Yours and my timeline are close to each other i m on AP and waiting for visa. Looking forward for your kind response

thanks

She got her visa Feb 15. She arrives later this week on April 6.

Hey, that's my birfday . Congrats again, you two.

Hehe, hijacking my own thread about angry reactions in favor of the happiest time of my life is a good thing I guess! I am bouncing off the walls trying to speed up time! I am about to go shopping again for some last minute things and to get the rest of her homecoming dinner!

Aww that's sweet. My homecoming was kinda iffy with flights being cancelled and what not. But nothing can take away that moment when you see your lover waiting for you at the airport and realizing you're finally together for good. It's all so worth it; the red tape, the long wait. Yay, I'm so happy for you guys. Ok ok, back on topic!!

Here's an angry face:

Yar!