A suspected perpetrator who can barely remember his name, several traffic violations committed by a woman in her mid-fifties who is completely unreasonable and doesn't understand her behavior—should ...

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New findings from the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences suggest that the emergence of criminal behavior in middle age may indicate the early onset of a neurodegenerative ...

Over the past decades, some lawyers have started using brain imaging scans as evidence during criminal trials, to provide a possible explanation for the criminal behavior of defendants. This was ...

Classic psychedelics such as psilocybin (often called magic mushrooms), LSD and mescaline (found in peyote) are associated with a decreased likelihood of antisocial criminal behavior, according to new ...

A new study led by researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School has found that damage to a specific region of the brain ...

You probably know someone who does not miss a chance to catch an eyeful. From looking into the windows of neighbors, to openly ogling women at the gym, to indulging in a steady diet of adult ...