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The somatosensory system... mediates emotional behaviors.

James W. Prescott
We should be breast-feeding children up to 2 or 3 years of age.

James W. Prescott
Unfortunately, violence is often offered as a solution to violence.

James W. Prescott
The deprivation of physical sensory pleasure is the principle root cause of violence.

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Stimulation of brain pleasure centers can eliminate feelings of rage, fear, and depression.

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Societies which inflict pain and discomfort upon their infants tend to neglect them as well.

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The causes of violence lie in our basic values and the way in which we bring up our children and youth.

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Most of our 'pleasure' activities appear to be substitutes for the natural sensory pleasures of touching.

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Sensory deprivation during the formative periods of development leads to a high demand and need for stimulation later in life.

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Laboratory experiments show that... When the brain's pleasure circuits are 'on,' the violence circuits are 'off,' and vice versa.

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Punitive-repressive attitudes toward extramarital sex are also linked with physical violence, personal crime, and the practice of slavery.

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Recent research supports the point of view that the deprivation of physical pleasure is a major ingredient in the expression of physical violence.

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It appears that the beneficial effects of infant physical affection can be negated by the repression of physical pleasure (premarital sex) later in life.

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The abnormal social and emotional behaviors that result from parental and social (somatosensory) deprivation are directly related to impaired brain functioning.

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The detrimental effects of infant physical affectional deprivation seem to be compensated for later in life by sexual body pleasure experiences during adolescence.

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Contrary to Dr. Benjamin Spock, it is harmful for a baby to cry itself to sleep.... we not only teach the child distrust... but also establish patterns of neglect...

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The percent likelihood of a society being physically violent if it is physically affectionate toward its infants and tolerant of premarital sexual behavior is 2 percent (48/49).

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The competitive ethic, which teaches children that they must advance at the expense of others, should be replaced by values of cooperation and a pursuit of excellence for its own sake.

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When and if we choose to rear our infants and children in an affectional environment of positive reinforcements, then... by the very nature of that environment we will be free and dignified.

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Certain sensory experiences during the formative periods of development will create a neuropsychological predisposition for either violence-seeking or pleasure-seeking behaviors later in life.

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