| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations |
| Series |
Handbook of clinical neurology ; volume 197, 3rd Series |
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Handbook of clinical neurology ; v. 197.
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| Contents |
Intro -- Brain and Crime -- Copyright -- Handbook of Clinical Neurology 3rd Series -- Foreword -- Preface -- Reference -- Contributors -- Contents -- Section I: Introduction -- Chapter 1: Introduction: On brain and crime -- Introduction and Preliminary Remarks -- Developmental Perspectives on Nonadaptive Behavior -- Theoretical models -- Emotion and empathy -- Executive functioning -- Supportive interventions -- Neurolaw -- Concluding Remarks -- Acknowledgment -- References -- Section II: Structure and function -- Chapter 2: Genetics and epigenetics of human aggression* -- Introduction1 |
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Reviews on the Genetics of Aggression -- Designs in Genetics of Aggression Studies -- Behavioral genetic approaches -- Integrating data on genetics of aggression from molecular genetic studies -- Genetic linkage and candidate gene studies -- Genome-wide association studies -- Epigenome-wide association studies -- Studies of Human Aggression in Other Omics Domains -- Discussion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Further reading -- Chapter 3: Network localization of antisocial behavior in neurological patients: Evidence and implications -- Introduction |
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Evidence for Network Localization in Neurological Patients With Acquired Antisocial Behavior -- Focal brain lesions -- Frontotemporal dementia -- Huntington disease -- Parkinson disease patients with impulsive behaviors due to dopamine agonists -- Implications of Network Localization of Antisocial Behavior -- Implications for understanding psychopathy -- Implications of rehabilitation of criminal behavior -- Implications for moral and legal responsibility in persons with criminal behavior -- Neurology and the Law: Forensic Implications -- Conclusions -- References |
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Chapter 4: Prison and the brain -- Introduction -- Executive Functioning and Prefrontal Cortex -- EF and prefrontal cortex in offenders -- Environmental Enrichment and the Brain -- Enriched environment and brain plasticity -- Enriched environment and the prefrontal cortex -- Physical activity -- Cognitive challenges -- Social interaction -- Prison, an Impoverished Environment, and Its Influence on the Brain -- Impoverishment on the three ̀̀pillars ́́ -- Disturbed sleep and stress -- Extreme impoverishment: Solitary confinement -- Effects of imprisonment on brain function |
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Is It Possible to Enrich the Prison Environment? -- Enrichment across the three pillars -- Physical activity -- Cognitive challenges -- Social interaction -- Increasing autonomy and decreasing stress -- An extraordinary example of an enriched prison environment: Bastøy -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 5: Forensically relevant challenging behaviors and the genetics domain -- Introduction -- Relevant Issues in the Gene-Context Relation -- Hypothesis on monoamine oxidase A -- Lessons learned from epileptic phenomena -- Rett syndrome -- Hypothalamic hamartoma |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 29, 2023) |
| Subject |
Brain.
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Criminal behavior.
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Brain
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Criminal Behavior
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Criminal behavior.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Swaab, Hanna, editor.
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Meynen, Gerben, 1971- editor.
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| ISBN |
9780128213766 |
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0128213760 |
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