​SSS in the News | Crime pill in the mind

The Telegraph

A painless medical intervention that uses direct currents to stimulate the brain can reduce aggressive intentions and enhance perceptions that acts of physical and sexual assaults are morally wrong, a team of scientists announced on Monday. The study's findings were published in the Journal of Neuroscience. Transcranial stimulation may be viewed as a non-invasive intervention that targets a biological risk factor for crime, said Olivia Choy, a psychologist and assistant professor at NTU Singapore and lead author of the transcranial stimulation study. "It is viewed as a relatively safe procedure with minimal side effects," Choy said.

 

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