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Reduced prefrontal and increased subcortical brain functioning assessed using positron emission tomography in predatory and affective murderers.

A. Raine, J. Meloy, S. Bihrle, Jacqueline Stoddard, L. Lacasse, M. Buchsbaum

1998.6.1BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES & THE LAW

DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-0798(199822)16:3<319::aid-bsl311>3.0.co;2-g

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Results support the hypothesis that emotional, unplanned impulsive murderers are less able to regulate and control aggressive impulses generated from subcortical structures due to deficient prefrontal regulation.

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RAINE, A., et al. Reduced prefrontal and increased subcortical brain functioning assessed using positron emission tomography in predatory and affective murderers. BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES & THE LAW, 1998, 16 3: 319–32.