Increased Executive Functioning, Attention, and Cortical Thickness in White-Collar Criminals

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dc.contributor.authorRaine, Adrian
dc.contributor.authorLaufer, William S
dc.contributor.authorYang, Yaling
dc.contributor.authorNarr, Katherine L
dc.contributor.authorThompson, Paul
dc.contributor.authorToga, Arthur W
dc.date2023-05-17T11:09:06.000
dc.date.accessioned2023-05-23T00:11:21Z
dc.date.available2023-05-23T00:11:21Z
dc.date.issued2012-12-01
dc.date.submitted2015-02-12T14:02:26-08:00
dc.description.abstractVery little is known on white collar crime and how it differs to other forms of offending. This study tests the hypothesis that white collar criminals have better executive functioning, enhanced information processing, and structural brain superiorities compared to offender controls. Using a case-control design, executive functioning, orienting, and cortical thickness was assessed in 21 white collar criminals matched with 21 controls on age, gender, ethnicity, and general level of criminal offending. White collar criminals had significantly better executive functioning, increased electrodermal orienting, increased arousal, and increased cortical gray matter thickness in the ventromedial prefrontal cortex, inferior frontal gyrus, somatosensory cortex, and the temporal-parietal junction compared to controls. Results, while initial, constitute the first findings on neurobiological characteristics of white-collar criminals It is hypothesized that white collar criminals have information-processing and brain superiorities that give them an advantage in perpetrating criminal offenses in occupational settings.
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.upenn.edu/handle/20.500.14332/41576
dc.legacy.articleid1112
dc.legacy.fields10.1002/hbm.21415
dc.legacy.fulltexturlhttps://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1112&context=neuroethics_pubs&unstamped=1
dc.rightsThis is the peer reviewed version of the article which has been published in final form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hbm.21415. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for self-archiving.
dc.source.beginpage2932
dc.source.endpage2940
dc.source.issue92
dc.source.issue12
dc.source.journalNeuroethics Publications
dc.source.journaltitleHuman Brain Mapping
dc.source.peerreviewedtrue
dc.source.statuspublished
dc.source.volume33
dc.subject.otherantisocial
dc.subject.otherventromedial
dc.subject.otherinferior frontal
dc.subject.othertemporal-parietal
dc.subject.othersomatosensory
dc.subject.otherorienting
dc.subject.otherarousal
dc.subject.otherelectrodermal
dc.subject.otherBioethics and Medical Ethics
dc.subject.otherCriminology
dc.subject.otherCriminology and Criminal Justice
dc.subject.otherNeuroscience and Neurobiology
dc.subject.otherNeurosciences
dc.titleIncreased Executive Functioning, Attention, and Cortical Thickness in White-Collar Criminals
dc.typeArticle
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