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1: The discipline I find interesting is psychology and neuroscience. The
specific area of study in this discipline is how psychologists’ study pure evil
in humans. I identified a psychology professor at Penn State Abington named Dr.
Russell Webster, one of his main areas of focus in his research is the idea of
pure evil.
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2: Something I find most interesting about Dr. Webster’s area of research is
learning about the possible differences in brain functions of some of history’s
most notorious villains like Hitler or Mao Zedong, and history’s heroes like
Martin Luther King Jr and Gandhi. I would like to research if there is a
difference between these two types of people’s brain functions.
This is very interesting and unique. Are you gonna also compare these brain functions from history to modern day brain functions of these types of people?
ReplyDeleteThis is a very interesting subject and it can get very deep. When you compare these people's brain functions would it be correct to account for their past or their life? I'm not huge on psychology but I know the age old debate of born a monster or raised one. Also, would you compare brain functions based on what we know about them and what they wrote?
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