THINK PINK

Did you know that a study from the 80s revealed that this particular shade of pink was found to have a calming effect on people with violent and aggressive behavior? Thousands of prison cell walls were immediately coated with this bubblegum hue as well as a few visiting football team locker rooms, hoping to tame the testosterone-fueled linebackers into calm and less effective players. Apparently within 15 minutes of being surrounded by this particular pink, aggressive tendencies are in fact calmed. Hmmm. I don’t know, I like pink an awful lot and though I’m not surrounded by it, I do have a generous amount of it in my closet, expose myself to it daily and I don’t think it’s made me any tamer.

That aside, I do believe that we are subject to our surroundings. How could we not be? Our environment has to have an enormous effect on us. Adam Alter attempts to unveil just how much of an effect our environment has on us in his new book- you got it, Drunk Tank Pink. For a good listen, here’s a great piece with the author via NPR. I’m fascinated.

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