Wimps are more likely to perceive an approaching sound as closer than it actually is, according to an evolutionary psychologist, who says the connection between a body's physical fitness and the brain's auditory system may have evolved to help the weak and scrawny get out of the way of looming danger.

John Neuhoff and colleagues at The College of Wooster in Ohio tested participants by asking them to listen to a tone moving toward them and press a button when they thought it had arrived ...

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