Thursday, December 7, 2017

Study: Jail Degrades Prisoners' Critical Thinking Skills

just-published study finds significant declines in several key areas of cognitive functioning among teenage boys who are doing time. Given that most prisoners eventually return to society, and ex-cons with poor reasoning ability and/or impulse control are unlikely to go straight, this could have widespread negative effects.



Article source here:Arts Journal

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Academy Decides Not To Bar Streaming Movies From Oscars

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