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How might brain damage affect our behavior?
How might brain damage affect our behavior?
It can lead to changes in personality, decision-making, and aggression.
How might brain damage affect the way we think?
How might brain damage affect the way we think?
It may impair judgment and processing abilities.
How might our brain affect our experience of emotion?
How might our brain affect our experience of emotion?
It regulates emotional responses and processing of feelings.
Why are men more aggressive than women?
Why are men more aggressive than women?
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How can culture affect testosterone levels?
How can culture affect testosterone levels?
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Are people born violent?
Are people born violent?
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Neurotransmission can impact violent crime.
Neurotransmission can impact violent crime.
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Mindfulness has no effect on emotion.
Mindfulness has no effect on emotion.
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Introduction
- In August 1966, Charles Whitman killed his mother and then drove to the University of Texas where he killed 14 people, injuring a further 31.
- He left behind a letter describing how 'unusual and irrational thoughts' had been plaguing him, and how he feared he would be unable to control himself.
- Whitman's actions illustrate the link between brain dysfunction and criminal behaviour.
- Whitman was a young, seemingly intelligent and well-adjusted man, yet his brain chemistry was abnormal, and this resulted in violent actions
- The study of human behaviour and how it impacts our experience of the world is known as criminology.
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