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The Neurobiology of Impulsive Aggression

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Blair, Robert J. R.·2016·Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology

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This selective review provides a model of the neurobiology of impulsive aggression from a cognitive neuroscience perspective. It is argued that prototypical cases of impulsive aggression, those associated with anger, involve the recruitment of the acute threat response system structures; that is, the amygdala, hypothalamus, and periaqueductal gray. It is argued that whether the recruitment of these structures results in impulsive aggression or not reflects the functional roles of ventromedial frontal cortex and dorsomedial frontal and anterior insula cortex in response selection. It is also argued that impulsive aggression may occur because of impaired decision making. The aggression may not be accompanied by anger, but it will reflect disrupted evaluation of the rewards/benefits of the action.

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Authors: Blair, R. J. R.
Affiliations: National Institutes of Health
Venue: Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Published: 2016-02
Volume: 26
Issue: 1
Pages: 4-9
ISSN: 1044-5463 (ISSN-L)
1557-8992
DOI: 10.1089/cap.2015.0088
PMC: PMC4779272
OpenAlex: W2245990605
Cited by: 235
References: 71
Citations by year: 2026: 23 · 2025: 25 · 2024: 29 · 2023: 31 · 2022: 20 · 2021: 36 · 2020: 28 · 2019: 15 · 2018: 13 · 2017: 9 · 2016: 5
FWCI: 5.41
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: green
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Licence: journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
Locations: Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology (publishedVersion)
Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders: National Institutes of Health
National Institute of Mental Health (1-ZIA-MH002860, 1‑ZIA‑MH002860‑08, ZIAMH002860)
Topics: Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending
Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression
Keywords: impulsive aggression, neurobiology of aggression, amygdala, hypothalamus, periaqueductal gray, ventromedial prefrontal cortex, dorsomedial prefrontal cortex, anterior insula, response selection, decision-making, reward evaluation, anger
MeSH terms: Aggression, Brain, Humans, Impulsive Behavior, Neurobiology

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