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Raine et al (1997)
Sample
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The NGRIs were 39 men and 2 women (mean age 34.3); 23 had a history of brain damage, 3 with a history of drug abuse, 6 suffered from schizophrenia, 2 with epilepsy and 7 other emotional or learning disorders - Controls were people of the same age and gender and 6 had schizophrenia.
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Procedure
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Each was injected with the glucose tracer and then performed the Continuous Performance Task (CPT) for 32 minutes.
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IV
Whether the participant is an offender pleading Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity (NGRI) to murder, or a non-murderer in the control group.
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Aim
To find out if there is a difference in the structure of brain activity between people who have committed murder (NGRIs) and non-murders.
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Relative glucose levels in the prefrontal cortex, the other lobes of the brain, the corpus callosum, the amygdala, the hippocampus and thalamus. (by PET scan).
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