Teoria neuromoral e fatores socioculturais nos comportamentos antissociais

Abstract

Antisocial personality traits are inherent to all human beings, and vary in degree and magnitude, making individuals differently vulnerable to various forms of violence and impulsivity. Studies show changes in brain structure and function that affect the behavioral expression of antisociality. In interaction, social factors directly produce biological changes that predispose a person to violence. In this interlace, the objective is to demonstrate the Neuromoral Theory of Antisocial Behaviors and how this moral decision-making circuit works and correlates with antisocial behaviors at various levels. Dysfunctions in brain areas would imply antisocial manifestations and function differently in each individual, in different cultures, social, political and economic moments. A phenomenon with direct implications for the context of current social and moral interactions is characterized. Through a better understanding of these origins, it is possible to improve our ability to prevent and combat the causes of crime. With qualitative methodology, the literature review was carried out by analysis of national and international journals related to neuroscience, neurocriminology and psychology, through the databases Google Academic, Scielo, ScientDirect and PubMed. It was found that society and the ethics of contemporary culture exalt and reward antisocial behaviors, which has been imposed as a "profitable" way of life. Social factors help to model the expression of aspects predetermined to the individual, such as different levels of dysfunction/neuromoral disorders. It may also present a beneficial correlation in an "adjusted context" depending on the degree of magnitude of the individual's antisocial traits.