2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Neural Correlates of Individual Differences in Aggressive Behaviors
Project/Area Number |
23800034
|
Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
|
Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
Research Field |
Cognitive science
|
Research Institution | Osaka University (2012) Kyoto University (2011) |
Principal Investigator |
MINAMOTO Takehiro 大阪大学, 大学院・人間科学研究科, 特任助教 (40611306)
|
Project Period (FY) |
2011 – 2012
|
Keywords | 攻撃性 / 欲求不満 / 個人差 / 脳画像法 / 前頭前野 |
Research Abstract |
Frustration is shown to evoke aggressive behaviors that variesacross individuals. Using an fMRI, the present study investigated cognitive and neural basis of such individual differences in aggressive behaviors. As the results, individuals who preferred to direct their aggression toward others showed greater activation of the ventrolateral prefrontal cortex which includes the orbitofrontal cortex. The activation may reflect emotional processing under frustrating situation. On the other hand, in those who preferred to direct their aggression toward themselves, greater activation was observed in the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, raising a possibility that they make effort to reduce aggression.
|
Research Products
(17 results)
-
-
-
-
-
[Journal Article] Anterior medial prefrontal cortex exhibits activation during task preparation but deactivation during task execution2011
Author(s)
Koshino, H., Minamoto, T., Ikeda, T., Osaka, M., Otsuka, Y., & Osaka, N
-
Journal Title
PLoS One
Volume: 6
Pages: e22909
DOI
Peer Reviewed
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-