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... ise Weerts NEUROSCIENCE PERSPECTIVE Violence and aggression like all other behaviors are ultimately a function of brain activity. The evolution of brain mechanisms that mediate aggressive and violent behaviors may be traced from humans to other animal species, and most of the neurochemical and neuropharmacologic evidence stems from studies with nonhuman species.
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... . It has become a truism to point out that each type of violent and aggressive behavior is associated with distinctive neurochemical changes, and more selective logical interventions modulate these different behavior patterns in an increasingly specific manner.
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