Do I look bigger with my finger on a trigger? Yes, says study
Wednesday, April 11, 2012 - 20:30
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Anthropologists asked hundreds of Americans to guess the size and muscularity of four men based solely on photographs of their hands holding a range of ordinary objects, including handguns. The research confirmed what scrawny thugs have long known: brandishing a weapon makes a man appear bigger and stronger than he would otherwise. The findings suggest an unconscious mechanism that could misguide people about the magnitude of physical threats.