brain structure and aggresion Flashcards
who was phineas gage
1848 he has an accident where a iron rod went straight through his skull
was said to be a kind and nice person before the accident and after was said to be quite aggressive and not like himself
frontal lobe
planning, controls behaviour, emotions, problem solving
parietal lobe
perception, spelling and knowledge of numbers
occipital lobe
visual, colour identification and visual proccessing
temporal lobe
understanding language, facial recognition and hearing/speech.
corpus callosum
takes messages between two hemispheres of the brain
what have lesions in the brain show
to activate aggressive behaviour
what’s hypothalamus
in limbic system and is a balancing role
to do with offensive, defensive and predatory behaviours
what is a cortex
outer layer of the brain
wheres the prefrontal cortex
prefrontal cortex is in front of the frontal lobe
what is the prefrontal cortex role
connections with parts of brain that relate to dopamine and serotonin
these relate to emotions
whats the limbic system
hippocampus
amygdala
hypothalamus
what does limbic system do
controls out temperature
role in self-preservation
fight or flight response
whats the hippocampus
memory and converting STM to LTM
whats the hypothalamus
balances the body
regulates temperature and hunger, thirst , pain response
regulate blood pressure and arousal
fight or flight
