Brain Difference In Psychopaths Identified

Really interesting - and scary. Could a Minority Report-ish future be ahead where everyone is scanned for this abnormality and incarcerated "proactively", or would defense lawyers use it as an excuse for reducing sentences? Then again, maybe gene or other therapies will one day lead to... more

Reviewed by logimpact Aug 06 2009, 02:19pm ( 20 reviews ) • sciencedaily.com
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Reviewed by desfrit on Oct 08, 6:22am

Interesting
Rated by retiredklutz on Sep 13 2009, 8:29pm

Aaaahh, the old 'nature vs nurture' question! Now, if we could just develop a predictor, and maybe prevent some of these crimes from happening...[Minority Report, anyone?]
Rated by treedr00d on Aug 06 2009, 4:41pm

This is interesting. Sometimes I wonder how my brain will look like compared to someone who has less neuroses than I do.
Rated by logimpact on Aug 06 2009, 2:19pm

Really interesting - and scary. Could a Minority Report-ish future be ahead where everyone is scanned for this abnormality and incarcerated "proactively", or would defense lawyers use it as an excuse for reducing sentences? Then again, maybe gene or other therapies will one day lead to being able to repair this structure in the brain, helping many (and society).
Rated by RobinEdgar on Aug 05 2009, 6:10pm

Maybe "Natural Born Killers"* are natural born killers after all. . . * Not that all psychopaths are actual "psycho killers".

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