Montreal Gazette - Sight of meat soothes savage breast

Results from a McGill University study, released Monday, suggest that men become less aggressive at the sight of meat. The results run counter to what Frank Kachanoff, a researcher with McGill's psychology department, anticipated.

With anecdotes of football coaches feeding their players red meat before games and images of animals snarling at anyone getting close to them while eating, Kachanoff thought aggression would increase in the presence of images of dead animal flesh intended for consumption...