Torturers, horror films, and the aesthetic legacy of predation

Behavioral and Brain Sciences 29 (3):244-245 (2006)
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A Rousseauist bias towards the study of human aggression has treated it as a regrettable anomaly rather than a volatile reflection of important forces in human evolution. Intrepidly, Nell displays the arc of connection between predation in humans and other animals and the neurophysiological factors that underlie chronic interest in accident, death, and harsh force.

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