What causes some individuals to act out violently when provoked, while others turn the other cheek? For decades, psychologists, criminologists, and sociologists (among others) have tried to understand ...

It’s a mistake to think problematic aggression is limited to those with psychiatric disorders. Healthy people have also the capacity for impulsive violence – and resulting “morally” poor behaviour.

MONTREAL, December 20, 2017 - Over the past few months, many local cases of assault and harassment have come to light and been widely discussed in the news, both here and in the U.S. and Europe. Why ...

University of Wollongong provides funding as a member of The Conversation AU. It’s a mistake to think problematic aggression is limited to those with psychiatric disorders. Healthy people have also ...

Violent aggression in humans may involve a modified response to stress, but the underlying mechanisms are not well understood. Here we show that naturally present autoantibodies reactive to ...

Stress has a way of compounding. News of your parents' financial struggles and a packed work week can cause you to blow your lid during bumper-to-bumper traffic on your commute to work. Maybe you lay ...

Have you ever approached a seemingly harmless dog that suddenly started barking at you for no apparent reason? Or do you own a dog that gets randomly anxious around certain people or becomes hard to ...