Paedophiles may owe their sexual urges to faulty connections in the brain, research has suggested. A study in which the brains of convicted child sex abusers were scanned and compared with criminals who were not sex offenders has revealed striking differences that could point to a neurological origin for paedophilia. Scientists in Canada used magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and sophisticated computer analysis of the results to show that the paedophiles had significantly less of a brain tissue called white matter than the other criminals.
Flaws in brain ‘explain paedophilia’ - The Times 29th November 2007
Thursday, November 29, 2007
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