Decoding Pedophilia: Increased Anterior Insula Response to Infant Animal Pictures

Decoding Pedophilia: Increased Anterior Insula Response to Infant Animal Pictures

Previous research found increased brain responses of men with sexual interest in children (i.e., pedophiles) not only to pictures of naked children but also to pictures of child faces. This opens the possibly that pedophilia is linked (in addition to or instead of an aberrant sexual system) to an ov...

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Main Authors: Jorge Ponseti, Daniel Bruhn, Julia Nolting, Hannah Gerwinn, Alexander Pohl, Aglaja Stirn, Oliver Granert, Helmut Laufs, Günther Deuschl, Stephan Wolff, Olav Jansen, Hartwig Siebner, Peer Briken, Sebastian Mohnke, Till Amelung, Jonas Kneer, Boris Schiffer, Henrik Walter, Tillmann H. C. Kruger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
Subjects:
pedophilia
child sex abuse
baby schema
nurturing behavior
parental investment
insula
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnhum.2017.00645/full

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