How one acts usually show what the personality of a person is. Psychologists would note what the person's personality is just by the set of reactions one has over different screnarios. Now, a study has linked walking to aggression. How people walk might also show whether is person is aggressive or not.
A study from the Department of Psychology in the University of Portsmouth has shown that there might be a link between how a person walks and how aggressive he is. The study has been done to 29 participants through motion capture while they were on a treadmill. Through the study, the researchers have noted that an exaggerated movement of both upper and lower bodies can indicate aggression.
Liam Satchell, lead researcher in the study, has said that the body tends towards a little rotation as a person walks. Among aggressive individuals, that rotation has been seen to be exaggerated. Confirmation of this is made by having the participants answer a questionnaire. The questionnaire is made to measure the level of aggression, Science Daily reported.
Aside from the questionnaire, a personality test was also done which measured the degree of openness, agreeableness and other traits of the person. Taken together, all of the tests then showed what the person's personality was.
Satchell has said that most people are aware of the relationship between how one acts and psychology. However, he also noted that there are no studies linking walking to personality yet, and that more research needs to be done with it, according to Medical Express.
In some ways, he has said that the study of how one walks might be able to help in preventing crime. He notes that CCTV cameras record people's movements and if observers could be trained to spot those that have aggressive tendencies then crime could be minimized.
The study of how one walks is important, just as the study of how one behaves by just observing movements. This helps determine a person's behavior and Psychologists have been using them to assess a person way before they even start talking.
It is not just movement that is being studied, but even the effects of brain electricity and addiction, as an iTechPost news reported.
