>===== Original Message From Jeff Ricker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
=====
>intense fear can cause a person's hair to turn white
>very rapidly (over a period of hours or days). Many of us have heard
>this claim before. Does anyone have any evidence that this can happen?
>It seems unlikely to me because I can't think of any physical mechanism
>that might cause hair to change color so rapidly. If it is a myth, where
>does it come from?
>
Jeff & others -
On the issue of going grey all I can say is this: My hair started turning
white at the same time I started teaching full time.
Not sure if this is science, but I thought I'd share.
Kirsten
Kirsten L. Rewey
Department of Psychology
St. Mary's University of Minnesota
700 Terrace Heights, Box 1464
Winona, Minnesota 55987
(507) 457-6991
