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Case study: topographical brain mapping in hostility following mild closed head injury
1Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg 24061, USA.
The International Journal of Neuroscience
|October 1, 1996
Summary
This study found that the right frontal lobe may inhibit hostility, while the right temporal lobe may elicit it. Brain mapping in a patient with head injury supports this anterior to posterior hostility mediation theory.
Area of Science:
- Neuroscience
- Neuropsychology
- Brain Imaging
Background:
- Previous research links right frontal and temporal lobe activity to hostility.
- Lesions in motor nuclei and hypothalamic sites have been associated with rage and hostility.