biological ex - neural Flashcards
1
Q
what is the neural explanation for offending?
A
Differences in brains of offenders and non-offenders – research focus on antisocial personality disorder (APD)
2
Q
what is evidence for the prefrontal cortex?
A
Raine et al. (2000): people with APD (lack of empathy) have reduced activity in the prefrontal cortex.
3
Q
what is evidence of mirror neurons?
A
Keysers (2011): people with APD showed empathy (controlled by mirror neurons) but only when asked to – neural switch on and off.
4
Q
ao3 brain evidence?
A
link between crime and damaged frontal lobe seen in Kandel and Freed. impulsive behaviour.
5
Q
ao3 other factors?
A
Farrington (2006), group high of APD all experienced high risk factors in childhood, intervening variables.
