BIOLOGICAL BASES OF BEHAVIOR
STUDYING THE BRAIN
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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PET
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EEG
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MRI
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -“Using MRI scans we found that psychopaths had structural brain abnormalities in key areas of their ‘social brains’ compared to those who just had ASPD, ” he said. He noted there is a clear difference between those with ASPD and those with ASPD+P.
Detailed explanation-2: -Which statement about brain imaging studies of psychopaths is true? The prefrontal cortex is smaller in psychopaths compared to controls.
Detailed explanation-3: -A psychopath is described as a person who exhibits abnormal or violent social behavior (Hirstein, 2013). A correlation can be made between the dysfunction of the frontal lobe and how that dysfunction may manifest itself in the social behaviors and impulses of an individual.
Detailed explanation-4: -The review illustrates that the brain regions implicated in psychopathy include the orbital frontal cortex, insula, anterior and posterior cingulate, amygdala, parahippocampal gyrus, and anterior superior temporal gyrus.