Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Nature or Nurture

This year during the science exhibition, I researched the brain development of psychopaths. It's kind of off topic :) but in many "scary stories,"  mysteries, and thrillers, psychopaths are usually the "crazy killers." I felt that it would be interesting to learn about their brain development and understand how they truly comprehend situations.  Based on my research, I discovered that their brains actually do differ from that of a non-psychopath. The main difference lies within the brain itself, specifically the connection between the amygdala and the ventromedial prefrontal cortex (PFC). These parts of the brain control decision making, and emotions, meaning that they cannot register feelings and therefore are not able to fully understand the impact their actions have.  

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