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From provocation to aggression: the neural network.

Jonathan Repple1,2,3, Christina M Pawliczek1,2, Bianca Voss1,2

  • 1Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, Medical School, RWTH Aachen University, Pauwelsstraße 30, 52074, Aachen, Germany.

BMC Neuroscience
|October 19, 2017
PubMed
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Aggressive behavior in men is linked to brain activity in areas regulating emotions and decision-making. Provocation, not reduced inhibition, appears to drive reactive aggression, involving the prefrontal cortex and insula.

Area of Science:

  • Neuroscience
  • Social Psychology
  • Cognitive Science

Background:

  • Studying neural processes during human aggression is challenging due to limited in-vivo observation methods.
  • This study addresses the gap by using a social reactive aggression paradigm in a controlled fMRI environment.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the neural correlates of reactive aggression in healthy men.
  • To explore the brain networks activated during aggressive behavior elicited by provocation.

Main Methods:

  • Implemented a social reactive aggression paradigm with 29 healthy men.
  • Utilized functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) during a two-player game with non-violent provocation.

Main Results:

Keywords:
ImpulsivityNeuroimagingPSAPTAPViolence

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  • Aggressive responses increased following high provocation (taking more opponent's money).
  • Significant brain activations were observed in the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC), orbitofrontal cortex (OFC), dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (dlPFC), anterior cingulate cortex (ACC), and insula during aggression trials.
  • OFC activation during provocation correlated with the degree of aggressive behavior.

    • Conclusions:

    • Reactive aggression may stem from heightened susceptibility to provocation rather than reduced inhibition.
    • Aggressive behavior activates a widespread cortico-limbic network, overlapping with circuits for negative emotions and decision-making.
    • Prefrontal areas (OFC, mPFC, dlPFC, ACC) and the insula mediate evaluative regulatory processes during reactive aggression.