The pleasure of revenge: Retaliatory aggression arises from a neural imbalance toward reward

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 1173-1182

  Chester, David S ^a   DeWall, C Nathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Lateral prefrontal cortex; Nucleus accumbens; Reward; Self regulation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; AGGRESSION; ANGER; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE TRACT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NOISE; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLEASURE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOLOGY; REWARD; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; AGGRESSION; ANGER; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMANS; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NOISE; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PLEASURE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REWARD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84991497728     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsv082     Document Type: Article

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