Fascination violence: On mind and brain of man hunters

European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 260, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2010, Pages

  Elbert, Thomas ^a   Weierstall, Roland ^a   Schauer, Maggie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aggression; Child soldiers; PTSD; Trauma; Violence

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEAR; HUMAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORY; VIOLENCE;

AGGRESSION; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SEX FACTORS; SPORTS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 78449294008     PISSN: 09401334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00406-010-0144-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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