Description Studies conducted at the University of Melbourne indicate that there may be a difference between the pain thresholds of blonds and brunettes. The purpose of the experiment was to determine whether hair colour is related to the amount of pain produced by common types of mishaps and assorted types of trauma. Variable Values HairColour LightBlond, DarkBlond, LightBrunette or DarkBrunette Pain Pain theshold score Source Family Weekly , Gainesville, Sun, Gainesville, Florida, February 5, 1978. Dellen Publishing, San Francisco, Exercise 10.20.
Light blonds are significantly different from both brunette categories.
Other contrasts are not signficant. This page maintained by Gordon Smyth , Department of Mathematics , University of Queensland .