Teenage Bullies are Rewarded With Pleasure, Brain Scans Show

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By Nina Bai
Nov 8, 2008 2:38 AMNov 5, 2019 9:02 PM

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It's no fun being bullied, but new research supports what many teenagers have long suspected: A victim's pain may be a bully's gain. A new brain imaging study of aggressive teenage boys found that watching others being bullied triggered parts of their brains associated with pleasure. "It is entirely possible their brains are lighting in the way they are because they experience seeing pain in others as exciting and fun and pleasurable,"

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