Hi Alan, Yes, I remember reading about this...
It's no fun being bullied, but new research supports what many teenagers have long suspected: A victim's pain may be a bully's gain. A new brain imaging study of aggressive teenage boys found that watching others being bullied triggered parts of their brains associated with pleasure. "It is entirely possible their brains are lighting in the way they are because they experience seeing pain in others as exciting and fun and pleasurable," http://tinyurl.com/6jvp7b Personally, I think that it is a feral thing and very complicated. I would question the action of having such a deep source of human behaviour, extricated in any absolutist terms. Although, I do feel if replacements or alternative projects were explored where these feelings can be engaged with positively, it would be useful for society in general. As you know, my attitude towards men in general, especially violent males, is pretty harsh. Which is one of the reasons why I worked in various mens' hostels for over 10 years. So that I could learn more about the male psyche and deeper goings on's, as well as in myself - it was one of the toughest yet valuable experiences I have had in my life. marc > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
