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Al first sight it looks like an off – center ponytail flopping at the joack of the head of a 62 year old man named jerry. But a closer look reveals that it is actually a bundle of wires entering jerry’s skull.

The purpose of the wires is to link a computer directly into Jerry’s brain. The computer responds to a tiny pinhole camera mounted on one lens of a pair of sunglasses Jerry is wearing, along with an ultrasonic rangefinder mounted on the other lens. The camera and rangfinder send minute electrical charges through 68 electrodes implanted in a small area of the surface of Jerry’s brain, allowing Jerry to perceive specks of light. Read the rest of this entry »

For four years, Hans_peter Balzmann, a lawyer suffering from Lau Gehrig’s disease, was locked within his own body. Paralyzed by the disease and unable to eat, speak, or even breathe on his own, he had relied on a respirator and feeding tube to survive. Although his mind functioned normally, he was unable to communicate with the outside world. Read the rest of this entry »

The two eight – graders in a classroom in New York City’s Spanish Harlem can baredy.

Suppress their giggles. You are sitting on a stalled, crowded bus, their theacher tells them. Start up a conversation. Esther, pattie and ponytailed, begins. Well, this bos is really crowded. Yeah, says luis, i can’t wwait to get outta here… Im gonna suffocate. Pause Esther : Nice day isn’t it? Where are you going? Luis : to take my firlfriend to the movies. Esther : I have a date too. Painful pause, Luis : The bus is certainly… stopped. The class cracks up, and the two scamper back to their desks (Van Biema, 1996). Read the rest of this entry »

6-years old boy brings a gun to school and shoots a elassmate with whom, he had a playground dispute the previous day.

An elderl woman is killed by two teenage muggers during a robbery; she had less than $2 for them to steal.

Three white men tie a black man to a truck and drag him at high speed down a country road; he dies a gruesome death

Violence in the United has reached epidemic levels, and there are few signs that it will let up. Serveys consitently reveal that violence and crime rank near the top of the list of social problems that concern Americans most (Stone et Kelner, 2000; Taylor; 2000)

Yet violence has not gone unchallenged, and the field of psycology is playing a key role in efforts to reduce this social ill. Psycologists specializing in diverse areas and employing the major perspectives of the field are making a concerted effort to answer key questions relating to violence. Read the rest of this entry »