PSYC39H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Ventromedial Prefrontal Cortex, Ventromedial Nucleus Of The Hypothalamus, Temperament And Character Inventory

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Ontario shores centre for mental health science and university of toronto scarborough. York university and baycrest centre for geriatric care. This article represents an initial attempt to adapt the three most relevant components of moyer"s animal aggression typology to humans. These include predatory (unemotional, goal-directed), irritable (anger-based), and defensive (fear-based) aggres- sion. As different brain networks are likely involved, the authors hypothesized that executive function and personality tests could differentiate violent from nonviolent criminals and discriminate the types originally classified on the basis of criminal history. Discriminant analyses correctly classified 80% of the violent and nonviolent groups and 74% of the predatory and irritable groups. Implications for the theory and application to risk assessment are discussed. Keywords: aggression subtypes; predatory; irritable; defensive; executive function; decision making. A need to investigate the psychobiological origins of violence and aggression has never been more pressing.

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