![]() ![]() Then, the author leads the readers to think what would happen if Whitman did not die, but be put on the court for this crime. ![]() However, as the author states: “His cooler, rational parties were battling his reactive, violent parties, but damage from the tumor tipped the vote so it was no longer a fair fight,” Whitman failed to resist the bad impulse, and outburst in the end (153). ![]() According to Whitman’s notes before his death, he recognized there was some impulse going on within his brain, which he tried to resist and fight back. ![]() When his body was examined later, a tumor is found in his brain, which impacted the brain areas involving the regulation of emotions. And all abnormal behavior, particularly crimes, are all caused by one’s biological factors.įirst, the author gives an example about a man, Charles Whitman, who killed thirteen people and hurt a dozens of people, finally was shot to death by police. In the texts, the author basically argues that one’s behavior is caused by a series of involuntary biological process, rather than by one’s own choice. In this chapter, the author, David Eangleman, a neuroscientist and writer at Baylor College of Medicine, offers the reader a perspective of human behavior and its cause in a neuroscience way. ![]()
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