The Reasons Why Some People Are Braver Than Others According To Science

From time immemorial, some people have been known to be braver and willing to take more risks than others. The reason why some people are more hard-wired for bravery than others isn’t completely understood but scientists have found new reasons that are reaponsible for this behaviour.

While there hasn’t been lots of scientific research and evidence certain qualities that are involved in heroism or even precise profiles of heroic people, new research seems to point to certain underlying factors.

A new research has foumd that there are three general types of heroes. The first type is a situational hero — someone who risks their life for others in a moment of crisis, but hasn’t done anything like that in the past. This has been described as the hardest people to understand.

However, this type of hero have been found to often be remembered as kind and generous during their lives.

Furthermore, the second is a lifelong hero, where “heroism almost defines the person’s life. Their heroism doesn’t usually involve confronting a gun but confronting a system, a power.

The third type is one where the person is a professional hero — police officers, firefighters, EMT workers, military personnel and so on fall into this category. In a sense, heroism defines a part of their job.

It has been suggested that a lot of people who go into this third category tend to be risk takers. Not always, but there’s a trend toward that for those people who volunteer to go to war or to be police officers and firefighters — careers that are potentially dangerous.

Brave people tend to have a mix of qualities, usually a combination of risk-seeking, generosity, and empathy. However, generosity and empathy makes some people braver than others simply because they will be lacking in altruism.

Furthermore, braver people tend to grow up in families where moral teachings are valued, such as honesty and integrity. People who may be more able to take risks have high intelligence, high education, secure attachments in life and generally have a stable family life.

In an article from UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Magazine, Philip Zimbardo, Ph.D., a professor emeritus of psychology at Stanford University, who studies heroism, says DNA and brain chemistry could be at play in determining heroism, but studies have yet to confirm it. He suggests there could be a hero gene or a higher oxytocin level in braver people.

Nonetheless, it is important we focus on the brave actions that come out of traumatic events. Celebrating heroes instead of the antiheroes will encourage others to follow suit in the steps of the former.

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