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The paper, which is to be published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, studied impulsive and antisocial behavior and centered on the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC), a portion of the brain that deals with regulating behavior and impulsivity.
The study demonstrated that inmates with relatively low anterior cingulate activity were twice as likely to reoffend than inmates with high-brain activity in this region.
"These findings have incredibly significant ramifications for the future of how our society deals with criminal justice and offenders," said Dr. Kent A. Kiehl, who was senior author on the study and is director of mobile imaging at MRN and an associate professor of psychology at the University of New Mexico. "Not only does this study give us a tool to predict which criminals may reoffend and which ones will not reoffend, it also provides a path forward for steering offenders into more effective targeted therapies to reduce the risk of future criminal activity."
Originally posted by retirednature
Brain Scans Might Predict Future Criminal Behavior
I think the most important part of all this is the possible use of the knowledge gained, and creating more effective targeted strategies when dealing with criminals.
What are your thoughts? If it got to this point(MRI's becoming standard, before releasing people from prisons), are you willing to trust a medical professional and a MRI in deciding if you are fit enough to join the public?
Originally posted by caladonea
Originally posted by retirednature
Brain Scans Might Predict Future Criminal Behavior
I think the most important part of all this is the possible use of the knowledge gained, and creating more effective targeted strategies when dealing with criminals.
What are your thoughts? If it got to this point(MRI's becoming standard, before releasing people from prisons), are you willing to trust a medical professional and a MRI in deciding if you are fit enough to join the public?
My thoughts on this are; they may be using this technology on prison inmates (in the future); of course using them as test subjects; in order to perfect this technology.
I just have the feeling that there are many (hidden agendas) regarding this.