following Sandy Hook elementary school shooting in the United States we were
shooting in the United States we were
shooting in the United States we were asked by the parents of children who
asked by the parents of children who
asked by the parents of children who lost their children there to analyze
lost their children there to analyze
lost their children there to analyze brains of kids that we’ve studied who’ve
brains of kids that we’ve studied who’ve
brains of kids that we’ve studied who’ve killed other people versus kids in
killed other people versus kids in
killed other people versus kids in prison who’ve not and when we did that
prison who’ve not and when we did that
prison who’ve not and when we did that analysis I wasn’t sure that we would
analysis I wasn’t sure that we would
analysis I wasn’t sure that we would find anything that different but we
find anything that different but we
find anything that different but we really did we had you know about 25 kids
really did we had you know about 25 kids
really did we had you know about 25 kids that had killed somebody else and we
that had killed somebody else and we
that had killed somebody else and we compared them to 135 kids who hadn’t and
compared them to 135 kids who hadn’t and
compared them to 135 kids who hadn’t and we were able to show that their brains
we were able to show that their brains
we were able to show that their brains are different even at the individual
are different even at the individual
are different even at the individual subject level like if you were a judge
subject level like if you were a judge
subject level like if you were a judge and you wanted to know is this a
and you wanted to know is this a
and you wanted to know is this a high-risk kid or a low-risk kid we can
high-risk kid or a low-risk kid we can
high-risk kid or a low-risk kid we can say this up there’s a high-risk kid and
say this up there’s a high-risk kid and
say this up there’s a high-risk kid and that can be kind of scary because we now
that can be kind of scary because we now
that can be kind of scary because we now and have a tool that can help us
and have a tool that can help us
and have a tool that can help us understand or can help predict the worst
understand or can help predict the worst
understand or can help predict the worst type of things that we all want to
type of things that we all want to
type of things that we all want to prevent a homicide of death when we
prevent a homicide of death when we
prevent a homicide of death when we understand the systems of the brain that
understand the systems of the brain that
understand the systems of the brain that predict these bad things that help to
predict these bad things that help to
predict these bad things that help to that are different in people who commit
that are different in people who commit
that are different in people who commit these bad crimes it gives us an
these bad crimes it gives us an
these bad crimes it gives us an opportunity to try to develop a
opportunity to try to develop a
opportunity to try to develop a treatment for that a way of addressing
treatment for that a way of addressing
treatment for that a way of addressing it if I injured my arm in my this muscle
it if I injured my arm in my this muscle
it if I injured my arm in my this muscle gets atrophied just like these certain
gets atrophied just like these certain
gets atrophied just like these certain areas of their brain or atrophied eye I
areas of their brain or atrophied eye I
areas of their brain or atrophied eye I might be able to develop a treatment
might be able to develop a treatment
might be able to develop a treatment program that remediates that atrophy and
program that remediates that atrophy and
program that remediates that atrophy and and fix it and that that’s the type of
and fix it and that that’s the type of
and fix it and that that’s the type of treatments we’re trying to develop that
treatments we’re trying to develop that
treatments we’re trying to develop that help to promote growth or development in
help to promote growth or development in
help to promote growth or development in these areas the goal is to get them into
these areas the goal is to get them into
these areas the goal is to get them into a program that minimizes the risk that
a program that minimizes the risk that
a program that minimizes the risk that helps to to train those systems to
helps to to train those systems to
helps to to train those systems to develop those system some sort of
develop those system some sort of
develop those system some sort of treatment that might actually help
treatment that might actually help
treatment that might actually help prevent them from doing that again
prevent them from doing that again
prevent them from doing that again we had no budget and we may be a
we had no budget and we may be a
we had no budget and we may be a Hollywood budget and we had enough money
Hollywood budget and we had enough money
Hollywood budget and we had enough money to span thousands and thousands of
to span thousands and thousands of
to span thousands and thousands of at-risk kids we might be able to tell
at-risk kids we might be able to tell
at-risk kids we might be able to tell you that these are the highest risk kids
you that these are the highest risk kids
you that these are the highest risk kids but even that group of kids all of them
but even that group of kids all of them
but even that group of kids all of them aren’t gonna commit a homicide but maybe
aren’t gonna commit a homicide but maybe
aren’t gonna commit a homicide but maybe they still need help so if you can
they still need help so if you can
they still need help so if you can identify the highest risk kids with
identify the highest risk kids with
identify the highest risk kids with whatever science you can then we should
whatever science you can then we should
whatever science you can then we should be developing programs to help work with
be developing programs to help work with
be developing programs to help work with those high risk
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