Neuroscience evidence counters rape myth
Dhawan, Ebani
Neuroscience evidence counters rape myth Ebani Dhawan and Patrick Haggard - Nature, 2023 - Nature Human Behaviour .
Nature Human Behaviour, 2023, First published online, 22 May 2023
Victims frequently report immobility during rape and sexual assault, often using the term ‘freezing’. Neuroscientific evidence suggests fear and threat can block cortical neural circuits for action control, leading to involuntary immobility. Defence arguments that blame victims for freezing are thus inappropriate and unjust. (Author's abstract). Record #8242
CONSENT
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
EVIDENCE
LAW REFORM
RAPE
RAPE MYTH
SEXUAL VIOLENCE
TRAUMA
VICTIMS OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE
INTERNATIONAL
UNITED KINGDOM
Neuroscience evidence counters rape myth Ebani Dhawan and Patrick Haggard - Nature, 2023 - Nature Human Behaviour .
Nature Human Behaviour, 2023, First published online, 22 May 2023
Victims frequently report immobility during rape and sexual assault, often using the term ‘freezing’. Neuroscientific evidence suggests fear and threat can block cortical neural circuits for action control, leading to involuntary immobility. Defence arguments that blame victims for freezing are thus inappropriate and unjust. (Author's abstract). Record #8242
CONSENT
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
EVIDENCE
LAW REFORM
RAPE
RAPE MYTH
SEXUAL VIOLENCE
TRAUMA
VICTIMS OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE
INTERNATIONAL
UNITED KINGDOM