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POPclogger216 said:
Psychology (I actually do want to study that when college comes around.). Specifically, Criminal Psychology. After watching so many episodes of csi and NCIS, it makes me wonder what drives a person to do stuff like that. What happened to them, that made them do that? What were they thinking before, during, and after the crime? Is there any way we can stop it? Are serial killers born, is it in genetics, is it a disease, a brain injury? A growing theory is that it comes from genetics. We all have 'killing genes' in us. But it's the frontal lobe (which deals with planning, jusgement, and self control) that acts like a stopper for those thoughts. It reasons out killing someone (which, face it, we've all imagined doing one time atau another). And if the frontal lobe is damaged, those thoughts and instincts become lebih present. About 70% of those who have had frontal lobe injuries have violent tendencies. Take the case of Phineas Gage, for example. He didn't become a killer, but what happened to him led to a lot of discoveries about the brain and how it works. In 1848, Gage was blasting rock for the railroads when an iron rod blasted through his frontal lobe. His left frontal lobe was pretty much scrambled. He was able to speak, and walk with little asistance menit after the accident. He was taken to the local physician, who patched him up. Long story short, he lived. But he had changed after the accident. Before, he was a gentleman. After, he was rude, selfish, arrogant, and spewed profanity. The change was so drastic, that his close friends and family berkata he was "No longer Gage." The didn't even recognize him. It's stuff like that that interests me. I could go on and on about different cases of killers (but this one's probably long enough.) Hope this is good enough. :)
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