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The Forum: Anger

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13/02/2016 GMT

Anger

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What goes on in our brain when we ‘see red’? Bridget Kendall talks to psychologist Raymond Chip Tafrate, historian Tiffany Watt Smith and neurobiologist R. Douglas Fields.

Feeling angry has always been an integral part of our nature, an instant response to being insulted, restrained or threatened. But is modern life making us angrier? And what goes on in our brain when we ‘snap’? Bridget Kendall talks to psychologist Raymond Chip Tafrate, historian of emotions Tiffany Watt Smith and neurobiologist R. Douglas Fields.

Photo: Two angry people yell at each other (Credit: Corbis)

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