Swedish scientists have published the results of a study comparing a person's heartbeat and his criminal tendencies. The lower the pulse, the higher the likelihood of breaking the law, the researchers summed up.
According to Live Science, the scientists took the results of measuring the heart rate in a calm state of 710 thousand young people aged 18 years old, made as part of their conscription until 2009, as the basis for the analysis. The results were compared with the biographies of young men, as well as with other factors - height, weight, social status, and so on. The subjects were divided into 5 groups. As it turned out, the boys in the group with the lowest heart rate (60 beats per minute or less) were 39% more likely to be convicted of violent crimes than their peers in the group with a heart rate of 83 beats per minute or more.
In addition, comparison results showed that men with low heart rates were 25% more likely to be prosecuted for nonviolent crimes, such as drug dealing, and 39% more likely to be injured or injured in a car accident themselves. … The publication notes that earlier scientists have already confirmed the connection between a low heart rate and antisocial behavior of adolescents.
There are two theories to explain this relationship. According to the first, people with slow heartbeats subconsciously seek acute experiences that can give them a feeling of rapid heartbeat and adrenaline. According to the second theory, such people experience less fear, less fear of risks and their consequences. Scientists are not yet inclined in favor of any of the theories and are in no hurry to discount the influence on the biography of socio-economic factors that may prevail over a person's heart rate.
Alexander Kornev