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Preventing Crime

Preventing Crime. Alarik Arenander, Ph.D. Brain Research Institute ebrainmatrix@aol.com www.brainresearchinstitute.org. Experience. Genes. YOU!. Prefrontal Cortex. CEO OF EVERYONE. Alertness Values Motivation Creativity Decisions Self-control. CEO Brain Coherence

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Preventing Crime

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  1. Preventing Crime

  2. Alarik Arenander, Ph.D. Brain Research Institute ebrainmatrix@aol.com www.brainresearchinstitute.org

  3. Experience Genes YOU!

  4. Prefrontal Cortex CEO OF EVERYONE

  5. Alertness • Values • Motivation • Creativity • Decisions • Self-control

  6. CEO Brain Coherence Key to Our Development

  7. Stress • Poor sleep • Poor diet • No exercise • Drugs • Trauma CEO ‘Off-line’

  8. Coping with Stress D. Amen etal, Amen Clinics

  9. Stress turns us OFF! More anxiety & fear

  10. Normal Meth Barry Carlton, Dept of Psychiatry, University of Hi at Manoa, 2003

  11. THCBrain Damage

  12. CocaineBrain Damage

  13. Violence & Brain Three Key Biological Processes • Low resting heart rate • Prefrontal deficits • Early health factors Raine, J Child Psychol Psychiatry 43:417, 2002

  14. Prefrontal Dysfunction & Antisocial- Aggressive Behavior

  15. Fearless, stimulation-seeking temperament • PFC: structure & function deficits Raine, J Child Psychol Psychiatry 43:417, 2002

  16. Violence & Brain Neuroimaging Studies • CAT (15) • MRI (7) • SPECT (3) • PET (10)

  17. normal violent Daniel Amen, Amen Clinics

  18. Violence & Brain • Abnormal hippocampal-prefrontal circuitry • Affect dysregulation, poor contextual fear conditioning, and insensitivity to cues predicting capture Raine Biol Psychiat 55:185, 2004

  19. PFC & Criminals • Struct: 11% less PFC • Stressor: Reduced ANS Raine, Arch Gen Psychiatry 57:19, 2000

  20. OFC & Violence Normal Murderer Raine, Neuropsychiat Neuropsych Beh Neurol 11:1, 1998

  21. PFC NAc Hipp OFC Amyg DA Criminal Brain InhibitoryControl Reward Motivation Drive Memory/ Learning

  22. Dopamine involved in choosing optimal actions based on motivation TINS 26:423, 2003

  23. Crime & Dopamine • Compulsive Drug use • Withdrawal & Relapse • Insensitive to natural rewards • Loss of behavioral control J Clin Invest 111:1444, 2003

  24. Stress & Violence Vicious Cycle Kruk & Meelis, Behav Neurosci 118, 2004

  25. Stress & drugs… …lead to dysfunction & irrational, violent behavior

  26. Technique Experience Brain Effect Benefit

  27. Transcendental Meditation • Time-tested • Extensively researched • Simple, reliable

  28. Developing Integration TM Orderly thinking, feeling & behavior Increased Order

  29. CEO Brainwave Coherence TM

  30. Concept Learning Moral Reasoning Emotional Stability Creativity Decreased Neuroticism Inner Orientation Self- Development Intelligence Decreased Anxiety Computational Efficiency Neuromuscular Efficiency Self- Awareness Academic Performance CEO Brainwave Coherence

  31. TM is the most effective, research-based corrections program

  32. Invincibility Brain Coherence

  33. Field Effect of Consciousness Reduction in Metropolitan Violence

  34. Successful IndividualsCreative, Decisive, Productive, Ethical, Happy, Healthy Creative Potential CEO Coherence TM Practice

  35. Thank You

  36. A fast, mutual, positive feedback loop between stress hormones and a brain-based aggression-control center Kruk & Meelis, Behav Neurosci 118, 2004

  37. Under stress, humans are so quick to lash out and find it hard to cool down Kruk & Meelis, Behav Neurosci 118, 2004

  38. Stress hormone-enhanced aggressive behavior escalates easily and is difficult to stop once it has started Kruk & Meelis, Behav Neurosci 118, 2004

  39. When stress hormones spike for reasons not related to fighting, they may lower attack thresholds enough to precipitate violent behavior Kruk & Meelis, Behav Neurosci 118, 2004

  40. The hormonal stress response that accompanies conflict may cancel out the effect of therapies intended to reduce violent behavior Kruk & Meelis, Behav Neurosci 118, 2004

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