Brain abnormality

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  • What has research suggested in brain abnormality ?
    damage to the pre-frontal cortex of brain can cause people to have different behaviour pattern
  • In Brain abnormality what did Raine et al used ?
    PET scans to study living brains of impulsive killers and damage was discovered in the pre-frontal cortex in criminal brains
  • Example of case study for brain abnormality theory ?
    Phineas Gage who's left frontal lobe of the brain was destroyed which a iron rod went through his head
  • What happened to Phinseas gage after ?
    his behaviour was affected as he used bad language and anti-social.