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Research have shown that as soon as an infant early motor’s ability are develop the Potential for physical aggression is there. Trough laboratory research and clinical trial scientists have been able to prove that the lambic system is responsible for aggression and that serotonin a chemical that regulates mood, sleep and sexual desire is the major transmitter linked to aggression. so where we thought that aggression was a learned behavior turns out, is an instinctual one. One that can be unlearned but also influenced by societal and environmental factors. Arnold H Buss in his book The Psychology of Aggression defines aggression as an instrumental response that administers punishment (insert citation). He used the word “attack” as a synonym for aggression and separates anger and hostility from it. So how does our urban environment (or how does air pollution in New York City) influences our aggression ?

Every native or non-native New Yorker has had they day ruined by either a smelly homeless person on the train during a winter morning, or a pile of trash outside their window because they lucked out of the first floor apartment. Some of us might’ve become noise blind to the stench of NYC, but subconsciously it brings the worst out of us.

In a study where 24 males and 24 females non smokers were first angered and some not angered and then given a chance to aggress their provoker in an aggression machine situation during which, half of the subjects were exposed to secondhand smoking and the other half to clean ambient air resulted in the group exposed to the air pollutant exhibiting a higher  level of aggression than than their cleaned air counterpart (insert citation)

Article Draft.
There are typically 40-50 rats within a colony, and rat colonies are territorial. Two colonies are unlikely to inhabit the exact location, which would suggest what the rat population within New York would be. A 2014 paper estimated the rat population of New York City proper to be about 2 million, or one for every four people.

Noise pollution
Main article: The Life of a New York City Noise Sensor Network

Noise pollution is one of the most quality of life issues within the unites states. In the study of noise senor network it gives the effects of noise pollution does to a human such as heart disease, sleep disruption, hypertension, and hearing loss. All symptoms can affect all ages. Noise pollution is measured in decibels and it is defined as a noise above 65 decibels. While noise that exceed 75 decibels becomes harmful and 120 decibels in painful. Millions of people are effected people on a daily basis the most common health problem from noise pollution is NIHL which is Noise Induced Hearing Loss. Studies have also shown noise pollution with negative impacts on children learning. For example children who live near an airport or noisy street they end up suffering from stress, and impairment in reading skill, memory, and attention level.

Jonathan Auerbach (October 3, 2014). "Does New York City really have as many rats as people?". Significance. 11 (4): 22–27. doi:10.1111/j.1740-9713.2014.00764.x.