Neurological Correlates

1. Psychopath brain wiring
2. Public consumption of wonky academic studies
3. Environmental causes of obesity
4. The biology of affiliate fraud
5. In utero epigenetics

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How come there are craniofacial deformities associated with neuro-behavioral issues? Review of Sonic Hedgehog signaling and liver x receptor and oxysterols.
Update 12.15.09 – Liver transplants and pontine myelinolysis – is there a hedgehog connection?

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Geriatric research needs to get up to speed on acquired sociopathy with frontotemporal dementia.

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12.04.09: Updated to include remarks regarding more recent mitigation cases.
[previous] A death penalty case involving psychopath brain scans. Diminished responsibility, sez defense. No dice, sez prosecutor – psychopathy is an aggravating factor for sentencing, not mitigating.

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McDermott et al., SSRN 1490708: People divorce when their friends, siblings or co-workers do. Is this the reason for the high divorce rate among pro athletes?

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