Frontal Lobe Functioning News Today

>> at the top, good frontal lobe functioning. look on the right, the murderer -- >> that is an area of the brain that is often associated with judgment and also inhibition. >> absolutely. part of the brain that regulate emotion. regulates impulsive action. a bit like the garden angel on behavior, you know. or a bit like the brakes on the car. if the brakes are broken, the car gets out of control and the same can be true of an individual with poor frontal lobe functioning. they can run out of con...

Functioning. on the left there with the normal control you can see there is a lot of good functioning in the very frontal region of the brain. see right at the top there -- >> the orange, yellow area. >> right at the top. thats good frontal lobe functioning. look on the right. the murderer, a distinct lack of activation in the very frontal region of the brain. >> thats an area of the brain often associated with judgment, but also inhibition. >> absolutely. its part of the brain that regulates em...

Unleashed in boston. >> were they normal people who decided one day, you know what, we want to create mayhem? i dont think so. i think its more complicated than that. >> when you see all the tragedies that have happened recently with dzhokhar tsarnaev or adam lanza, with your background, experience, what you have learned, what do you look for? what would you advise researchers investigating the cases. >> there is no research on terrorists or mass murderers at a biological level. you can always s...