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Brown |
major metabolite for serotonin very low in cerebrospinal fluid of aggressive people. Supports that low serotonin leads to aggression |
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Mann |
dexfenfulramine given to group of healthy adults which reduced their serotonin levels. Questionnaire to show hostility level given to participants. Males reported higher levels of aggression. |
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Arora & Meltzer |
Found that violent suicides were related to low serotonin levels. |
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Mann et al |
interviewed suicidal people and found that those who considered more violent suicides had lower serotonin levels. |
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Lavine |
found increase levels of dopamine in amphetamine users- linked to aggression levels |
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Buitelar |
Dopamine antagonist successfully reduced levels of aggression. |
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Couppis |
Found that dopamine reinforced aggression. Thus people intentionally seek out aggressive situations for a dopamine rush. |
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Ferrari et al |
Trained a rat to fight at the same time everyday for 10 days. on the 11th day rat was not allowed to fight. Found dopamine levels high and serotonin levels low in preparation to fight. NHA study- may not apply to humans. |
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IDA |
Deterministic- aggression determined by our neural mechanisms, lack free will to override these impulses. Reductionist - reduces us to just our neural mechanisms |
