consideration of consequences” (Aharoni et al.). A study presented by Aharoni et al. at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, looked into the portion of the brain that deals with regulating behavior and impulsivity from criminal offenders to understand whether there are predictive brain functioning that may or may not lead to reoffending (Aharoni et al.). This area of the brain is known as the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC). The results of the study showed that criminals who reoffended were more likely to have lower activity seen in the anterior cingulate cortex of the brain (Aharoni et al.). The anterior cingulate cortex is associated with error processing, conflict monitoring, response selection, and avoidance learning. Seen on an MRI, the anterior cingulate cortex may give an explanation as to why that part of the brain may not be working correctly and gives a deeper understanding as to who is more likely to demonstrate impulsive behaviors that could lead to re-arrest (Aharoni et al.). Another area of the brain that can predict criminal behavior is the amygdala. The amygdala is inside of the temporal lobe of the brain and functionally involves emotions particularly controlling fear, anger and pleasure. “The amygdala has received considerable attention, with numerous studies association psychopathy with abnormal size, shape, or activity of this subcortical structure that associates with structural and functional deficits” (Koenigs). Even though neuroscience has developed immensely throughout the years, pre>