I seem to remember Malcolm Macdowell¹s Droog with his eyes wide open in Kubrik¹s Clockwork Orange being shown some pretty ugly film material as a form of aversion therapy. To begin with he clearly enjoyed it. Not sure about later on...
Regards Simon On 5/12/08 15:31, "Alan Sondheim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > There was a study done recently - forget the source - indicating that > bullies' brains actually experience pleasure (i.e. the pleasure centers > are activated) when depictions of cruelty are to them. This is something > one suspected all along - that cruelty actually gives pleasure, that it's > not a question of talking someone out of it - the talking itself might be > pleasurable to him or her, to the extent that what might be seen as a > delaying tactic is already a sign of fear. In warfare all this can trigger > big of course. - Alan > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour Simon Biggs Research Professor edinburgh college of art [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.eca.ac.uk www.eca.ac.uk/circle/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.littlepig.org.uk AIM/Skype: simonbiggsuk Edinburgh College of Art (eca) is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC009201
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