Criminology

Having A Low Heart Rate Is Linked To Being A Criminal: Study

File this under weird stuff your body says about you: aggressive and antisocial people tend to have lower resting heart rates than the average person. But can a low resting heart rate, defined as 60 or fewer beats per minute, actually predict who’s most at risk for committing a crime? A new study published in JAMA Psychiatry found that it can, possibly because people with lower resting heart rates can withstand more stress and require more extreme risk-taking behavior to get a jolt.