The Pedophilia Brain

Join Rebecca, Lora, and Heather, where Heather discusses the neuroscience behind pedophilia, discussing research (notably by Dr. James Cantor) showing structural brain differences in offenders—particularly in the frontal lobe, right temporal lobe, and amygdala—that suggest the condition may be congenital rather than a choice, while also covering gender differences in offending, common psychiatric comorbidities, the effectiveness of treatment programs like Washington State's SOTAP (which lowered recidivism from 7.4% to 2.1%).

References:

BBC News

https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-34858350

Paris Brain Institute

https://parisbraininstitute.org/news/frontal-lobe-brain-conductor

National Library of Medicine

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4478390/

LIBD

https://www.libd.org/the-amygdala-secrets-behind-fear-joy-and-mental-illness/

Cleveland Clinic

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/body/24894-amygdala

JAMA Psychiatry

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapsychiatry/fullarticle/482315

Science Direct

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0301008214000884

Journal of Psychiatric Research

https://www.antoniocasella.eu/dnlaw/poeppl_2013.pdf