Abstract
This chapter reviews neurobiological risk factors for aggression in children. It begins by considering two general positions that have received considerable attention with respect to aggression in children: the frontal lobe and fear dysfunction positions. It then considers a fundamental difficulty with these types of general account of aggression in children-that they implicitly assume all aggression is mediated by the same neural architecture. It argues that a distinction must be made between reactive and instrumental aggression. The neurobiological risk factors for reactive and instrumental aggression are discussed.
Original language | English (US) |
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Title of host publication | Biology of Aggression |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9780199865444 |
ISBN (Print) | 0195168763, 9780195168761 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 1 2005 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Aggressive behavior
- Fear dysfunction
- Frontal lobe
- Instrumental aggression
- Reactive aggression
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Neuroscience(all)