Other psychiatric conditions and degenerative conditions often have impaired attention. If ADHD is a syndrome with attention as a symptom wouldn’t it be assumed that other psychiatric conditions with impaired attention share brain correlates?

By analyzing rare cases we show that lesions associated with criminality intersect the right uncinate fasciculus more than other lesions & more than other white matter tracts. Damage to the right uncinate may play a causal role in criminal behavior, especially violent crime. @synapsekid.bsky.social

These results align with prior findings on visual imagination tasks by @alfredospagna.bsky.social & colleagues. Amazing work by Julian Kutsche w/ @calvinwhow.bsky.social @drdrxanderli.bsky.social @matthiasmichel.bsky.social @foxmdphd.bsky.social

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Great new work led by Sofia Carozza & Amar Dhand w/ @drleeschwamm.bsky.social, @duncanastle.bsky.social published in @pnas.org @harvardmed.bsky.social @mgbresearch.bsky.social