Brain-imaging studies suggest that antisocial and violent behavior is associated with
structural and functional deficits in the prefrontal cortex, but there is heterogeneity in findings …

Acts of violence account for an estimated 1.43 million deaths worldwide annually. While
violence can occur in many contexts, individual acts of aggression account for the majority of …

A common feature of the antisocial, rule-breaking behavior that is central to criminal, violent
and psychopathic individuals is the failure to follow moral guidelines. This review …

Background: This article selectively reviews the biological bases of antisocial and
aggressive behavior in children with a focus on low autonomic functioning, prefrontal …

Aggressive behavior in patients with psychiatric disorders is attracting increasing research
interest. One reason for this is that psychiatric patients are generally considered more likely …

Evidence from behavioral genetics supports the conclusion that a significant amount of the
variance in antisocial personality and behavior (APB) is due to genetic contributions. Many …

This study addresses 5 unresolved issues in the neuropsychology of antisocial behavior
using a community sample of 325 school boys in whom neurocognitive measures were …

The authors investigated the ability of children with emotional and behavioral difficulties,
divided according to their Psychopathy Screening Device scores (PJ Frick & RD Hare, in …

Every clinician today needs a basic understanding of what causes violent behavior. The
second edition of Neurobiology of Violence synthesizes current research on the origins of …

BACKGROUND: Structural and functional hippocampal abnormalities have been previously
reported in institutionalized psychopathic and aggressive populations. This study assessed …