Excessive Anger That Results in Murder May Reflect a Combination

question 34

Multiple Choice

Excessive anger that results in murder may reflect a combination of inadequate activation of the ________ and enhanced activation of the ________.

• A) prefrontal cortex; hypothalamus
• B) amygdala; prefrontal cortex
• C) prefrontal cortex; amygdala
• D) cortex; reticular activating system
• E) noradrenergic system; serotonergic systems

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