Researchers from University of Portsmouth in the UK assessed the personalities of 29 participants before using motion capture technology to record them walking on a treadmill at their natural speed. "An aggressive walk is one where this rotation is exaggerated,"he added. They also used a standard personality test called the big five to assess personality traits including openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness and neuroticism. Our research provides empirical evidence to confirm that personality is indeed manifest in the way we walk," Satchell said. "If CCTV observers could be trained to recognise the aggressive walk demonstrated in this research, their ability to recognise impending crimes could be improved further," he added.

Source: India Today September 18, 2016 07:20 UTC