I agree. A brain scan should become standard. We already take fingerprints.

I argued for this in my book “We need to talk about this”. Now a professor in Forensic Neuro-pedagogy (Maaike Kempes) is saying something similar.

One third of young Dutch criminals have brain damage, she says. Brain damage can mean that someone may have little control over the person’s behavior. They can for example get into fights and traffic accidents more easily than people without brain damage. Stress such as caused by financial difficulties in combination with brain damage can aggravate this.

Neuro-pedagogy is an interdisciplinary field that combines neuroscience and education to understand how the brain learns and how to apply this understanding to improve teaching methods and educational outcomes. This field aims to bridge the gap between brain research and practical teaching strategies, providing insights into how cognitive processes such as memory, attention, and emotion influence learning.

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