Thursday, 6 July 2017

MRIs provide glimpse inside the brains of psychopaths

A new Harvard study offers another clue into the neurological foundation of psychopathic behavior

A team of scientists recently packed a mobile MRI scanner on the back of a tractor trailer and hauled it into a medium security prison with the goal of scanning a high volume of criminals that have been classified as psychopaths. It's estimated that while psychopaths only make up one percent of the general population, their prevalence in committing crimes mean they make up between 15 and 25 percent of the male North American prison population. So what is going on inside the brains of psychopaths?

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