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>> 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 control and become enforceably violent. >> you make these sort of revelations about what's happening in...

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. that's good frontal lobe functioning. look on the right. the murderer, a distinct lack of activation in the very frontal region of the brain. >> that's an area of the brain often associated with judgment, but also inhibition. >> absolutely. it's part of the brain that regulates emotion, regulates impulsive action. a bit like the guardian angel on behavior or like the brakes o...

Unleashed in boston. >> were they normal people who decided one day, you know what, we want to create mayhem? i don't think so. i think it's 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 speculate based on what i have learned about violence that, you know, with the bombings in boston t...