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Frontal lobe

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Regulates impulsiveness, consciousness, emotions, decision making, planning

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Occipital lobe

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Operates vision, colour, identification, visual processing

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Parietal lobe

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Perception, spellings, knowledge of numbers

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Temporal lobe

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Understanding language, facial recognition, hearing and speech

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Amygdala

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Processes memory and emotional reactions

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Give two experiments/ studies related to the amygdala and aggression

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Kluver-Bucy Syndrome : destroyed amygdala in monkeys. Showed reduced aggression after.
Wong (1997) : criminals with violent tendencies have reduced sized amygdalas

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Neurotransmitter

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Chemical messengers that act between the neurons of the brain.
Allows the brain to process thoughts and memories

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Presynaptic neurone

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Creates electrical impulse called the action potential

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