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The link between childhood neuropsychological deficits and early-onset offending--the assumed precursor to life-course persistent offending--has been well established, yet the underlying mechanisms facilitating this relationship are less understood. Support is growing for the claim that self-control is a key mechanism that links neuropsychological deficits to early-onset offending. Despite this, findings

The link between childhood neuropsychological deficits and early-onset offending--the assumed precursor to life-course persistent offending--has been well established, yet the underlying mechanisms facilitating this relationship are less understood. Support is growing for the claim that self-control is a key mechanism that links neuropsychological deficits to early-onset offending. Despite this, findings are mixed with regard to the mediating effect of self-control in the relationship between neuropsychological deficits and antisocial behavior. These studies largely support the notion that self-control exerts a mediating effect on neuropsychological deficits when the offending being studied is less serious. Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY), the present study seeks to build upon the existing literature by examining whether self-control mediates the relationship between neuropsychological deficits and two types of early-onset offending--low and high risk--as a means of testing core tenets of Gottfredson and Hirschi's (1990) and Moffitt's (1993) criminological theories. Findings show that while self-control and neuropsychological deficits independently predict general early-onset offending, these effects vary as a consequence of early-onset offender type. The results point to the need for future research to explore the possibility that the early-onset offender group that leads to persistent offending could be more precisely defined. Examining early-onset offending as a single construct limits our ability to make inferences about those offenders that are the most persistent in their offending patterns and, arguably, more likely to continue offending over the life-course.
ContributorsInfante, Arynn (Author) / Burt, Callie H (Thesis advisor) / Decker, Scott (Committee member) / Young, Jacob Tn (Committee member) / Arizona State University (Publisher)
Created2014
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This thesis project examines neuropsychological disorders with regards to facial recognition. It looks at the research significance as well as the regions of the brain involved in facial recognition. It reviews what these regions look like when they are healthy, and what they look like when they are impaired and

This thesis project examines neuropsychological disorders with regards to facial recognition. It looks at the research significance as well as the regions of the brain involved in facial recognition. It reviews what these regions look like when they are healthy, and what they look like when they are impaired and their resulting function. In addition, the project looks at autism and schizophrenia which have as one their symptoms facial recognition disorder. As a result, the project dives into what goes on these patients which results in impaired facial recognition. The project also looks at the own-race bias, and how that relates to facial recognition. Finally, the project proposes an experimental proposal to identify the neural centers involved in facial recognition in patients with Alzheimer’s, drawing upon previous research on the subject. An actual experiment was not conducted due to the pandemic, but there is a section of expected results in the event that the experiment is run. The expected results are that patients with Alzheimer’s should have deficits in the N170 component, the N400 component, the hippocampus and a smaller region of the cortex involved with processing faces compared to healthy controls.
ContributorsSharma, Arjun (Author) / Goldinger, Stephen (Thesis director) / McClure, Samuel (Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / Department of Psychology (Contributor) / School of International Letters and Cultures (Contributor)
Created2022-05