1. Joel Rifkin and the Mind of a Killer
... not know why he murdered these victims, but he wants to know why he committed such heinous acts. The court ordered a series of psychological tests and scans in order to determine whether or not a brain dysfunction played a role in his actions. At his home in East Meadow, New ... size or larger while becoming more aggressive, and ruthlessly attacking smaller, weaker hamsters. This change in behavior is fueled in part by a change in biology: when the hamster's brain becomes sensitive to vasopressin, it tells the body to fight, while at the same time, becoming numb to serotonin, the ... hi...
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