Brain scans can predict whether a criminal is likely to reoffend

Experts scanned anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) in 96 prisoners

The area is associated with decision-making and action

In convicts the area showed 'low activity'  in executive functioning skills

Neuroscientists claim to have found a way to predict whether convicted criminals are likely to re-offend by looking at their brain scans


According to American imaging experts, convicts showing low activity in an area of the brain associated with decision-making and action are more likely to be arrested again.

A team led by Kent Kiehl, a neuroscientist at the Mind Research Network in Albuquerque, studied a group of 96 male prisoners shortly before they were due to be released.  

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