11 Quotes by Adrian Raine

Spouse-abusers have a reactive aggressive personality that makes them more likely to lash out when provoked. Emotional words inordinately grab their attention. They are less able to inhibit the distracting emotional characteristics of stimuli, resulting in impaired cognitive performance. When presented with aggressive stimuli their brains overrespond at an emotional level and underrespond at a cognitive control level. Spouse-abusers are constitutionally different from other men.

When do we lie most? Community surveys show it’s on our first date with a new person. And this gives us a clue as to why we lie so much – it’s impression management.