Alcohol, drugs, gambling, and sex are common addictions but a lecturer in psychiatry at the Yale School of Medicine says revenge is the deadliest drug of all. Revenge-fueled violence has killed and harmed people for centuries.
James Kimmel Jr. says more than 60 neuroscientists at universities around the world have conducted brain scan studies that show when you’ve been wronged and begin to think about retaliating, the brain’s pleasure and reward circuitry of addiction is activated. He joins Jim to talk about why we seek revenge and what we can do about it.
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