Aggression as a Source of Pleasure: The Influence of Intergroup Competition, Power Dynamics, and Dark Traits
Aggression as a Source of Pleasure: The Influence of Intergroup Competition, Power Dynamics, and Dark Traits
Joyce Emma Quansah J. Gagnon a University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canadab Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation of Greater Montreal, Quebec, Canadac Laboratoire d’électrophysiologie en neuroscience sociale (LENS), University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, CanadaJoyce Emma Quansah, Ph.D., is a neuropsychologist and psychologist who completed her Ph.D. in Psychology (Research and Intervention, Clinical Neuropsychology) at the Université de Montréal in 2026. Her clinical work focuses on neuropsychological assessment across the lifespan. Her research examines the biopsychosocial mechanisms underlying motivated behavior, with a particular focus on reward learning and reinforcement processes implicated in interpersonal and intergroup aggression.Jean Gagnon, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist, neuropsychologist, and full professor in the Department of Psychology at the Université de Montréal. He is also a candidate at the Canadian Institute of Psychoanalysis – Quebec English (CIP-QE). His teaching focuses on psychological assessment, personality theory, and psychoanalysis. He is a regular researcher at the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation of Greater Montreal (CRIR). Dr. Gagnon is a member of the Ordre des psychologues du Québec (OPQ), the International Psychoanalytical Association (IPA) and is a Fellow of the International Society for Research on Aggression.