One Study Compared PET Scans of 41 Murderers' Brains with Those

question 96

Multiple Choice

One study compared PET scans of 41 murderers' brains with those of people of similar age and sex.The murderers' _________ displayed reduced activity.

• A) dopamine reward system
• B) reticular formation
• C) somatosensory cortex
• D) frontal lobes

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Definitions:

Dissolve

The process of formally ending an organization, institution, or partnership, making it no longer legally existent.

Federalism

A system of government in which power is divided between a central authority and constituent political units, like states.

Unitary

Relating to a system of government where the central government holds supreme power, with any regional governments existing solely to execute the central government's directives.

Totalitarian

A system of government where the state recognizes no limits to its authority and strives to regulate every aspect of public and private life wherever feasible.