The Early Name for This Region Was “Department of Justice”

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Posted on October 5, 2006 
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New Scientist: “A brain region that curbs our natural self interest has been identified. The studies could explain how we control fairness in our society, researchers say. Humans are the only animals to act spitefully or to mete out ‘justice’, dishing out punishment to people seen to be behaving unfairly – even if it is not in the punisher’s own best interests.”

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