Agression et comportement coercitif : expérimentations sur l’influence de certains facteurs physiologiques

• Main Author: Duke, Aaron
• Other Authors: Grenoble Alpes
• Language: en
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Agression; Serotonine; Alcool; Aggression; Alcohol; 150
• Online Access: http://www.theses.fr/2015GREAH033

L'auteur n'a pas fourni de résumé en français. === Key to alleviating the terrible costs of human violence and aggression are identifying and understanding key pharmacological moderators of human aggression. Two primary pharmacological candidates known to influence aggression are alcohol, the intoxicating ingredient of many popular beverages, and serotonin, a class of neurotransmitters important in behavioral regulation. I present four complementary investigations into these two pharmacological targets, examining respectively: (1) the interaction between aggressive personality features and alcohol intoxication, (2) alcohol’s influence on moral reasoning in the face of moral dilemmas involving the use of aggression, (3) the size and strength of the relationship between central serotonin activity and various measures of human aggression, and finally, (4) the ability of Omega-3 supplementation to attenuate aggression via its impact on serotonergic functioning.