From the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign press release via EurekAlert!: With a mate and a nest to protect, the male threespined stickleback is a fierce fish, chasing and biting other males until they go…
From the Northeastern University press release: Fluoxetine was the first drug approved by the FDA for major depressive disorder (MDD) in children and adolescents, and to this date, it remains one of only two selective…
From the Ohio State University press release: New research suggests that violent video games may not make players more aggressive – if they play cooperatively with other people. In two studies, researchers found that college…
From the NC State University press release: A North Carolina State University researcher has created a roadmap to areas of the brain associated with affective aggression in mice. This roadmap may be the first step…
From the Iowa State University press release: As president of the International Society for Research on Aggression (IRSA) and with consent of the organization’s elected council, Craig Anderson appointed an international Media Violence Commission last…
From the University of Michigan press release via EurekAlert!: Children exposed to ethnic and political violence in the Middle East are more aggressive than other children, a new study shows. And the younger children are,…
From the University of Maine press release via MedicalXpress: Young men with social anxiety, especially a fear of being judged negatively by others, are more likely to engage in physical and psychological dating aggression, according…
From the University of Kent press release via AlphaGalileo: Research conducted among pupils in three London schools has shown that male street gang affiliates who engage in angry rumination (i.e. think continuously about provoking or…
From the University of Illinois press release via HealthCanal: Behavioral problems in preschoolers may mirror the intensity and frequency of their parents’ marital conflict and signal possible child maltreatment, suggests a new study co-written by…
From the USC press release by Suzanne Wu via ScienceDaily: Pathological rage can be blocked in mice, researchers have found, suggesting potential new treatments for severe aggression, a widespread trait characterized by sudden violence, explosive…