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Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine

James Kimmel Jr.

Lawyer and psychiatrist specializing in motive control, revenge cycles, and forgiveness. Co-founder and co-director of the Yale Collaborative for Motive Control Studies. His research emerged from personal experience with bullying and near-violence.

Known For

Neuroscience of revengeForgiveness as habit formationSelf-control and impulse regulationBreaking revenge cycles

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