Similarly, earlier this year, researchers at the University of Gothenburg (Sweden) concluded that violent video games actually promote cooperation and encourage gamers to control their aggression.
On a track offering assistance for both seamers and spinners, England bowled with the control and aggression so often missing in their previous six performances in the series.
Do we want to belong to a centrally driven Federation of Europe established as a result of French anxiety to control German aggression or remain an independent outward trading nation?
The British Medical Association (BMA) said sports such as boxing and cage-fighting were "sometimes defended on the grounds that children learn to work through their aggression with discipline and control".
And if a punter starts to cause trouble, staff are expected to practise voice control "so you are not returning any sign of confrontation or aggression".
The recent national tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School has brought the topic of aggression and gun violence in our schools back to the painful front lines of the national debate on gun control.