Understanding War and Peace Requires Integration Across Discipline Boundaries

It is argued that understanding war and peace requires integration between reversal theory and psychobiological perspectives within the study of motivation. The article shows where such integration can yield insights into phenomena such as the bases of aggression in the brain and the property of add...

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Published in:Peace and conflict 2019-11, Vol.25 (4), p.355-356
Main Author: Toates, Frederick
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Addiction
Addictions
Aggressive Behavior
Aggressiveness
Behavioral Neuroscience
Brain
Human
Incentives
Motivation
Peace
Property
Psychobiology
Reversal
Reversal theory
Theories
War
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Summary:It is argued that understanding war and peace requires integration between reversal theory and psychobiological perspectives within the study of motivation. The article shows where such integration can yield insights into phenomena such as the bases of aggression in the brain and the property of addiction that aggression can take.
ISSN:1078-1919
1532-7949
DOI:10.1037/pac0000401