The Neurotoxicity Hypothesis of Cognition, Risk-Taking and Violence
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Kevin Drum at Mother Jones has been on a tear for years about what he calls the 'lead-crime hypothesis.' This is the intriguing idea that the crime wave of the late-20th century in the United States was caused by industrial and automobile childhood lead exposures at midcentury. The basic pattern that the hypothesis was meant to explain was the rise and fall of the rate of violent crimes in the United States.
The Neurotoxicity Hypothesis of Cognition, Risk-Taking and Violence
The Neurotoxicity Hypothesis of Cognition…
The Neurotoxicity Hypothesis of Cognition, Risk-Taking and Violence
Kevin Drum at Mother Jones has been on a tear for years about what he calls the 'lead-crime hypothesis.' This is the intriguing idea that the crime wave of the late-20th century in the United States was caused by industrial and automobile childhood lead exposures at midcentury. The basic pattern that the hypothesis was meant to explain was the rise and fall of the rate of violent crimes in the United States.