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Where Does Violence, Road Rage Come From?

Ever wonder why people who are not typically violent become that way, for example, behind the steering wheel of a car? A group of European researchers studying the nervous system of rats may have found the clues to why violence is so hard to stop: A fast, mutual, positive feedback loop between stress hormones and a brain-based aggression-control center in rats, whose neurophysiology is similar to ours. It may explain why, under stress, humans are so quick to lash out and find it hard...