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Debating Genetics as a Predictor of Criminal Offending and Sentencing
November 14, 2011 - 2933 words | Law and Justice » Genetics
Since the beginning of criminological research has been an ongoing debate and disagreement regarding the correlation between genetic characteristics and criminal behavior. There have been numerous studies and experiments conducted to help eliminate some of the unknowns... Read Article »

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Genetics Criminology Sociology Law Justice Crime Punishment
Addiction to Altering States: Observable Tendencies Attributed to Learning and Neurology
October 20, 2011 - 5079 words | Psychology » Addiction
The observable tendency of a person to repeat the use of drugs, and continue use in spite of possible or real negative consequences, can be partially explained by examining several learning theories and learning with respect to neurological associative strength, and... Read Article »

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Addiction Chemical Dependency Set-point Theory Learning Memory Alcoholism Addiction Theory Neurology
The Influence of Gaze Direction on Approach- vs. Avoidance-Oriented Emotions
March 30, 2011 - 3350 words | Behavioral Neuroscience » Emotion
When investigating the effect of gaze direction on facial expressions of emotion, previous imaging research indicated that dynamic presentation of stimuli produced higher amygdala responses (Sato, Kochiyama, Uono, & Yoshikawa, 2010). A behavioral study further... Read Article »

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Amygdala Emotions Neuroscience Psychology Behavior
Confabulation, Repression, and Memory Replacement: Remembering Creatively
October 14, 2010 - 3195 words | Psychology » Memory
The specific purpose of this paper is to discuss some of the factors that would permit an individual to dissociate himself from his true identity, including at a minimum threshold the change in knowledge of some personal events. It is not required that a person believe... Read Article »

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Confabulation Memory Memory Replacement STM LTM Imagination Inflation Alzheimers Amnesia Memory Repression
 
 

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