TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - Aberrant brain gray matter in murderers
JO  - Brain imaging and behavior
A1  - Sajous-Turner, Ashly
A1  - Anderson, Nathaniel E.
A1  - Widdows, Matthew
A1  - Nyalakanti, Prashanth
A1  - Harenski, Keith
A1  - Harenski, Carla
A1  - Koenigs, Michael
A1  - Decety, Jean
A1  - Kiehl, Kent A.
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - Homicide is a significant societal problem with economic costs in the billions of dollars annually and incalculable emotional impact on victims and society. Despite this high burden, we know very little about the neuroscience of individuals who commit homicide. Here we examine brain gray matter differences in incarcerated adult males who have committed homicide (n = 203) compared to other non-homicide offenders (n = 605; total n = 808). Homicide offenders' show reduced gray matter in brain areas critical for behavioral control and social cognition compared with subsets of other violent and non-violent offenders. This demonstrates, for the first time, that unique brain abnormalities may distinguish offenders who kill from other serious violent offenders and non-violent antisocial individuals.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1931-7557
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11682-019-00155-y
ID  - ref1
ER  -