The Frontal lobe and Criminal Behaviour

Ioannis MAVROUDIS ^{* 1, 2} , Pavlina ALEXIOU²

¹Department of Neurology, Leeds Teaching Hospitals, NHS Trust, Leeds, UK

²Sigma-Pi Medical Legal, Leeds, UK

^* Corresponding author e-mail: i.mavroudis@nhs.net

Abstract

The frontal lobe comprises a third of the surface of each hemisphere in human brain,

and is responsible for movement, speech production, emotional expression, reward,

attention, short-term memory tasks, future planning, and motivation. It is also

involved in internal, purposeful mental action, and reasoning, and in socially

acceptable responses. Many neuropsychological, volumetric and functional imaging

studies, and case reports have shown certain changes in the frontal lobes of subjects

who exhibited criminal or violent behaviour

Keywords: frontal lobe, criminal behaviour

DOI https://doi.org/10.56082/annalsarscibio.2021.1.28