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Monday, June 07, 2010 (14:54:46) |
| Tags : Work Out, Anger, Men |
Work out is good for banishing anger |
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| Washington, June 7: Work out is likely to have a beneficial effect on anger in men, says a new study.
A research team assessed angry mood and emotions in males. The subjects viewed anger-inducing scenes before and after 30 minutes of leg-cycling work out at 65 percent of their maximal oxygen uptake.
The investigators measured oscillatory brain activity, the event-related late-positive potential (LPP), and self-reports of anger intensity during picture viewing.
"The major novel finding from this study is that work out protected against angry mood induction, almost like taking aspirin to prevent a heart attack," said an expert.
"In other words, work out really is like medicine. However, work out did not change EEG responses during elicitation of angry emotions in our subjects," he added.
With this initial research as a backdrop, Thom and his team suggest that future studies explore the mechanisms underlying the effect of work out on reducing angry mood, and should consider alternative anger-induction methods for study purposes.
The investigators also propose testing the effects of chronic work out training on anger and its expression. A long-term work out regimen may deliver different results. (IANS) |
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