Results of a study related to the
brains of people who exhibit pedophilic behaviors were recently released. The
research was led by Jorge Ponseti at the University of Kiel in Germany. His
team analyzed the MRI scans of 56 male participants, including 13 homosexual
paedophiles and 11 heterosexual paedohiles, while they were exposed to ‘highly
arousing’ images of men, women, boys, and girls. Participants were asked to
rate the images in terms of attractiveness. Dr. James Cantor, associate
professor at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine and expert on the
subject pedophilia told The Daily
Beast, “I have previously described pedophilia as a ‘cross-wiring’
of sexual and nurturing instincts, and this data neatly verifies that
interpretation.” This study may pave the way for future work into how this
knowledge can be used to test for, and hopefully rehabilitate, paedophiles
before they abuse. Part 3 tomorrow.
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