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Recent advances and hypotheses regarding the neural networks involved in cruelty and pathological aggression

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 August 2006

Harold Mouras*
Affiliation:
INSERM, U742, Paris, F-75005France Universit Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris 6, UMR S 742, Paris, F-75005, France Socio-Affective Development Group,Department of Psychology, University of Geneva, CH-1205 Geneva, Switzerland

Abstract:

Functional neuroimaging studies allow examination of the cerebral networks involved in human behavior. For pathological aggression, several studies have reported a involvement of frontal and temporal areas, reflecting disruption of emotional regulatory systems. Recent genetic studies that bring together reward system dysfunction and violent behavior.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2006

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