Brain Research and Pedophilia: What It Says and What It Means
Author: James M. Cantor.
Source: Volume 13, Number 06, October/November 2012 , pp.81-85(5)
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Abstract:
There is enormous public interest in the question: Is pedophilia in the brain? Although many public and professional discussions refer explicitly to what is or is not in the brain, most people are actually interested in the more implicit question: Are pedophiles responsible for their behavior?Keywords: Krafft-Ebing, Frontal/Dysexecutive Theory and Temporal/Limbic Theory, MRI, White Matter, Grey Matter
Affiliations:
1: University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine.