• Skip to main content
  • Skip to header right navigation
  • Skip to site footer
  • WordPress
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • YouTube
Science Update

Science Update

Sharing Science | Satisfying Curiosity | Debunking BS

  • Spotlights
  • Reality Check
  • Why Is It?
  • Radio Archives
  • Sciup @ School
Home » Radio Archive » Daily Show » Glucose & Aggression

Glucose & Aggression

April 15, 2014
https://podcast.scienceupdate.com/140415_sciup_sugar.mp3

Podcast: Play in new window

BOB HIRSHON (host):

Avoiding low sugar conversations. I’m Bob Hirshon an d this is Science Update.

9291685350_23e8ccfa75_b Eric Roy FLickr
(Eric Roy/Flickr/CC-BY-NC-SA 2.0)

Low blood sugar could lead to marital discord, according to a study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Married couples were given glucose test kits and voodoo dolls with 51 pins. They were told to put pins in the dolls each night based on how angry they felt toward their spouse. According to Ohio State University researcher Brad Bushman, spouses below the 25th percentile in evening blood sugar put twice as many pins in the dolls as those in the upper 25th.

Brad Bushman (Ohio State University):

Actually three participants, at least on three days, put all 51 pins in the voodoo doll.

Hirshon:

He says low glucose levels prevent the self-control centers of our brains from operating properly and that  much dischord and even domestic violence could be reduced if couples simply avoided talking about serious matters when they’re hungry. I’m Bob Hirshon, for AAAS, the science society.

Category: Daily Show, Station DownloadTag: Nutrition & Food Science, Social & Behavioral Sciences
Previous Post:Fly Maneuvers
Next Post:Triclosan & Staph

Sidebar

Radio Program Archives

Want to learn more about the brain? The environment? Here you can browse the topics that come up regularly on Science Update.

Search the Archives

Categories

  • Daily Show
  • Station Download
  • Weekly Show

Find By Tag

  • 2020
  • Acoustics & Sound
  • Aging
  • Animal Behavior
  • Anthropology
  • Archaeology
  • Astronomy & Space
  • Biology
  • Brain Science
  • Bugs
  • Cat Video
  • Chemistry
  • Children & Families
  • cicadas
  • Climate & Weather
  • Communications
  • Computer Science
  • Economics & Business
  • Education
  • Energy
  • Engineering & Technology
  • Environment & Conservation
  • Genetics & Evolution
  • Geology
  • Marine Science
  • Materials Science
  • Mathematics
  • Medicine & Health
  • Microbiology
  • Nanotechnology
  • NASA
  • Nutrition & Food Science
  • Paleontology & Dinosaurs
  • Physics
  • Plants & Agriculture
  • Political Science
  • Reality Check
  • Social & Behavioral Sciences
  • Sports & Fitness
  • spotlight
  • Spotlight Bugs
  • Terrorism & War
  • Why Is It? Questions
  • Wildlife
  • Year in Review

Find By Date

Science Update
  • About Science Update
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Use

Follow Us

  • Facebook
  • YouTube

Recent Posts

Image of computer screen depicting an orange cat with a variety of alphanumeric scientific data superimposed on the the screen.
Spotted skunk performing handstand to threaten predators

Copyright © 2025 · Springtail Media LLC · All Rights Reserved · Powered by Pongos