What makes a hero?

Thursday, July 30, 2009 - 15:35 in Health & Medicine

(PhysOrg.com) -- New research at Newcastle University shows that it's not enough to be noble and do a courageous act to be considered a hero.Studying the reactions of the public to five tales of heroism, researchers at Newcastle University found that off-duty emergency service workers were judged more harshly than their civilian counterparts.

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