With a faster life strategy and an orientation toward the present, people have to practice less self-control, he said. A new study explains why some violent crime rates are higher near the equator than other parts of the world. The combination of hot climates and less variation in seasonal temperatures leads to a faster life strategy, less focus on the future and lower self-control, it has found. The result is a faster life strategy that is not as concerned about the future and leads to less need for self-control, researchers said. People living in these climates are oriented to the present rather than the future and have a fast life strategy — they do things now.

Source: The Hindu June 25, 2016 09:42 UTC