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Published on: February 25, 2007
Aggression, predictability of the environment, and self-regulation: Reconciliation with animal research
Mattie Tops1, Dimitri van der Linden2
1Department of Clinical,Neuro- and Developmental Psychology,VU University Amsterdam,1081 BT Amsterdam,The Netherlandsm.tops@vu.nlhttp://loop.frontiersin.org/people/8492/overview.
Abstract:
Apparently inconsistent with the CLASH model, animal research relates predictable environments to rigid routine behaviors and aggression. However, our work on evolutionary and neural adaptations to (un)predictable environments may be able to reconcile the CLASH model with the animal research, but also suggests complexities beyond the dichotomous approach of CLASH.
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