Science news articles about 'extreme violence'

... . This may seem illogical, but there are rational reasons for this type of violence. Swedish peace and conflict researcher Lisa ... means, are more likely to kill civilians. The purpose of the extreme violence employed by the rebels is to demonstrate that they are prepared ...

... in movies rated R for violence. They found that these extremely violent movies were seen by an average of 12.5 ... seeing this material and who they are," says Worth. For this assessment of exposure to violence in movies, the researchers used data from national telephone ...

... the 1950s to demonstrate brain changes in survivors of extreme violence. That work looked at Holocaust survivors, and now we are the first to connect similar brain damage ...

... show to the study participants are of severe disfigurement and extreme violence. Positive images included depictions of attractive landscapes and couples holding hands. Neutral ...

... that the authors hope to dispel is that psychopathy is synonymous with violence. Skeem points out that psychopathic individuals often ... or criminal convictions. "Psychopathy cannot be equated with extreme violence or serial killing. In fact, "psychopaths ...

... , argue for pre-state societies," says Wiessner. "Extreme violence came when traditional, small-scale ... , and the Enga may find themselves in another cycle of violence as the scale of their society increases," Wiessner and Pupu ...