malnutrition, fate, and the school bully

remember your elementary school bully? maybe she didn't get enough protein.

emaciated babies are antisocial kids, apparently, according to a new study (via yahoo news). how can scientists separate effects of physical and psychological neglect and poverty in this study? although it's possible that malnutrition and antisocial behavior could occur simultaneously, both symptoms of neglect, it's more likely that it's neurological. this has already been proven in rats anyway, with malnutrition even making ssri antidepressants ineffective (well, they rats were still aggressive at least. they may have been very happy).