Limbic system

• Different areas of the brain, including the temporal lobe and limbic system have links to different forms of aggression
• Amygdala has strong links to aggression
• Animal studies shown that electrical stimulation of different parts of amygdala either cause or reduce aggression

  Lesions to amygdala found to cause cats to attack but dogs to be submissive
• Amygdala autopsy study

  • Amygdalotomy caused for people to lose aggression and be less emotional
  • Mpakopoulou found of 13 patients he looked at they found overall, aggressive behaviours in those who'd had an amygdalotomy had decreased between 33% and 100%