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| As any enforcement or investigatory agent will explain, those who commit crimes on whatever scale seek to 'cover' their crime with a story. There is established neuroscience to support this phenomenon. [[Robert Sapolsky]], in Behave, the best and worst of us, explains how the frontal cortex, in attempting to 'supervise' the 'reptilian' brain, will constrain behaviour to prevent an individual from 'getting into trouble' - what the religious might call 'resisting temptation'. However, in the event of discovery of the 'crime', the same area of the brain which is supposed to be 'responsible and rational' will 'flip' to attempting to construct a story which will 'justify' the individuals actions. | As any enforcement or investigatory agent will explain, those who commit crimes on whatever scale seek to 'cover' their crime with a story. There is established neuroscience to support this phenomenon. [[Robert Sapolsky]], in //Behave, the best and worst of us//, explains how the frontal cortex, in attempting to 'supervise' the 'reptilian' brain, will constrain behaviour to prevent an individual from 'getting into trouble' - what the religious might call 'resisting temptation'. However, in the event of discovery of the 'crime', the same area of the brain which is supposed to be 'responsible and rational' will 'flip' to attempting to construct a story which will 'justify' the individuals actions. |
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