The Neurology of Acquired Pedophilia. Issue 2 (3rd March 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Lopes, Pedro Maranhão Gomes; Prado, Catarina Sodré de Castro; de Oliveira-Souza, Ricardo
• Is Part Of: Neurocase. Volume 26:Issue 2(2020)
• Page Start: 103
• Page End: 114
• Publication Date: 2020-03-03
• Subjects: Acquired pedophilia -- acquired sociopathy -- frontotemporoinsular cortices -- medial forebrain bundle -- hypersexuality -- perifornical region; Neurology -- Periodicals; Neuropsychology -- Case Report; Mental Disorders -- Case Report; Nervous System Diseases -- Case Report; 616.8
• DOI: 10.1080/13554794.2020.1727929
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1355-4794

Abstract

ABSTRACT: The clinicoanatomic cases of acquired pedophilia that have been published in the medical and forensic literature up to 2019 are reviewed. Twenty-two cases fit our inclusion criteria. All but one were men, and in only one case the injury was localized to the left hemisphere. Hypersexuality was present in 18 cases. The damaged areas fell within the frontotemporoinsular cortices and related subcortical nuclei; however, the anterior hypothalamus was spared. Damage to parts of the right frontotemporoinsular lobes with sparing of the anterior hypothalamus seems to be critical for the emergence of acquired pedophilia.