From: Anders Sandberg (asa@nada.kth.se)
Date: Thu Sep 16 1999 - 03:24:13 MDT
"Zeb Haradon" <zharadon@inconnect.com> writes:
> What questions do you have in particular? Since you're doing it for
> biology.. you probably want to know about the biological basis of violence,
> right?
> One interesting thing I can tell you is to look into the amygdala (I think I
> spelled it right).
The amygdala is part of the limbic system, and other parts are likely
even more relevant to violence. Especially parts of the hypothalamus
have been shown to coordinate aggression behaviors (there different
parts that can activate rage or cold-blooded killing). I suggest
looking up neuropsychology textbooks, they often have a chapter on the
neuropsychology of aggression.
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