Impulsivity
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The vmPFC is connected to self control[1]. Patients with damage to their ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC) are less averse to uncertainty than healthy counterparts[2][3]. So it seems that vmPFC inhibits impulsive behiviour.
ventral mPFC might be involved in affective processes associated with compassion to the suffering opponent[4]..
References
- ↑ Self-control in decision-making involves modulation of the vmPFC valuation system. Todd A Hare, Colin F Camerer, Antonio Rangel(2009) Science 324 (5927) p. 646-8 (summery)
- ↑ Hsu M, Bhatt M, Adolphs R, Tranel D, Camerer CF. Neural systems responding to degrees of uncertainty in human decision-making. Science. 2005;310: 1680.
- ↑ Shiv B, Loewenstein G, Bechara A, Damasio H, Damasio AR. Investment behavior and the negative side of emotion. Psychological Science. 2005;16: 435– 439.
- ↑ Evidence for a different role of the ventral and dorsal medial prefrontal cortex for social reactive aggression: An interactive fMRI study, 2007