The good news is that the vast majority of soldiers are loath to kill in battle. Unfortunately, modern armies, using Pavlovian and operant conditioning have developed sophisticated ways of overcoming this instinctive aversion. The psy...

ON COMBAT looks at what happens to the human body under the stresses of deadly battle and the impact on the nervous system, heart, breathing, visual and auditory perception, memory - then discusses new research findings as to what mea...

A psychological study of killing in wartime and what it means for society at large reveals that violent movies, TV, and interactive video games are dangerously similar to military training programs that dehumanize the enemy and ...