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Neural mechanisms of anger regulation as a function of genetic risk for violence.
Emotion (Washington, D.C.) - 1 Jun 2009
Alia-Klein Nelly, Goldstein Rita Z, Tomasi Dardo, Woicik Patricia A, Moeller Scott J, Williams Benjamin, Craig Ian W, Telang Frank, Biegon Anat, Wang Gene-Jack, Fowler Joanna S, Volkow Nora D
Abstract excerpt
Genetic risk may predispose individuals to compromised anger regulation, potentially through modulation of brain responses to emotionally evocative stimuli. Emphatically expressed, the emotional word No can prohibit behavior through conditioning. In a recent functional magnetic resonance imaging study, the authors showed that healthy males attribute negative valence to No while showing a lateral orbitofrontal...
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