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Hell on earth? Equatorial peaks of heat, poverty, and aggression

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2017

Evert Van de Vliert  and
Serge Daan
Evert Van de Vliert
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Groningen, 9712 TS Groningen, The Netherlands. e.van.de.vliert@rug.nl http://www.rug.nl/staff/e.van.de.vliert
Serge Daan
Affiliation:
Center for Life Sciences, University of Groningen, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands. s.daan@rug.nl http://www.rug.nl/staff/s.daan
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Abstract

Van Lange et al.'s global CLASH model overemphasizes climatic origins and underemphasizes economic origins of aggression. Our 167-country analysis of latitudinal gradients of heat, poverty, and aggression finds that heat-induced aggression is mediated by poverty and that heat tempers rather than fuels poverty-induced aggression. More importantly, the CLASH model hints at latitudinal, equatorial, and hemispheric upgradings of climato-economic modeling of human behavior.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 40 , 2017 , e98
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