Clergyman's

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

Those societies which give their infants the greatest amount of physical affection were characterized by low theft, low infant physical pain, low religious activity, and negligible or absent killing, mutilating, or torturing of the enemy.
- James W. Prescott

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

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

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

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

It appears that the beneficial effects of infant physical affection can be negated by the repression of physical pleasure later in life.
- James W. Prescott

It appears that the beneficial effects of infant physical affection can be negated by the repression of physical pleasure later in life.
- James W. Prescott

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

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