When Bad People Are Punished, Men Smile (but Women Don’t)

Posted by Neville Sanjana at 7:09 PM EST

When Bad People Are Punished, Men Smile (but Women Don’t) – New York Times

I think there has been studies similar to this before… here’s the relevant details:

Furthermore, researchers found that the brain’s pleasure centers lit up in males when just punishment was meted out.

The researchers cautioned that it was not clear if men and women are born with divergent responses to revenge or if their social experiences generate the responses.

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