We know that the environment in which children and young adults are raised influences healthy brain development. Now, a psychologist at Yale is taking a stance against the negative effects of a particularly harrowing environment ...
May 22, 2019
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Psychopathic violent offenders have abnormalities in the parts of the brain related to learning from punishment, according to an MRI study led by Sheilagh Hodgins and Nigel Blackwood. "One in five violent offenders is a psychopath. ...
Jan 27, 2015
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Is a violent criminal born that way, or shaped by childhood experiences and circumstances?
Oct 28, 2014
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reveals researchers findings into the delayed development in the brains of juvenile offenders and the fact that this delayed development ...
Your bags are packed. You've sorted entertainment and snacks for your passengers and have squeezed all your holiday luggage in the car. You're now ready to head off for your road trip—one hour after you meant to leave. ...
Jan 5, 2024
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Strip searching a child without appropriate consent is "sexual abuse," and should attract heavy sanctions—backed up by legislation—for any UK police officer who does it, insists a leading pediatrician in an opinion piece, ...
Nov 21, 2023
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What are the filthiest fruits and vegetables at the grocery store? Strawberries, spinach and kale, according to a new report.
Apr 7, 2022
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The French government has just announced a trial using virtual reality to try to prevent domestic violence.
Oct 13, 2021
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Police staff who have to analyze and categorize images of child sexual abuse cope with the trauma associated with their work by developing informal ways to support each other, research shows.
Oct 4, 2021
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A requirement that people on planes and other forms of transportation in the U.S. wear masks to prevent the spread of COVID-19 will remain in place through at least Sept. 13, the Transportation Security Administration said ...
Apr 30, 2021
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