Age of gray matters: Neuroprediction of recidivism

NeuroImage. Clinical
Kent A KiehlVaughn R Steele

Abstract

Age is one of the best predictors of antisocial behavior. Risk models of recidivism often combine chronological age with demographic, social and psychological features to aid in judicial decision-making. Here we use independent component analyses (ICA) and machine learning techniques to demonstrate the utility of using brain-based measures of cerebral aging to predict recidivism. First, we developed a brain-age model that predicts chronological age based on structural MRI data from incarcerated males (n = 1332). We then test the model's ability to predict recidivism in a new sample of offenders with longitudinal outcome data (n = 93). Consistent with hypotheses, inclusion of brain-age measures of the inferior frontal cortex and anterior-medial temporal lobes (i.e., amygdala) improved prediction models when compared with models using chronological age; and models that combined psychological, behavioral, and neuroimaging measures provided the most robust prediction of recidivism. These results verify the utility of brain measures in predicting future behavior, and suggest that brain-based data may more precisely account for important variation when compared with traditional proxy measures such as chronological age. This work also...Continue Reading

Citations

Nov 16, 2018·Human Brain Mapping·Nathaniel E AndersonKent A Kiehl
Nov 9, 2019·Brain Structure & Function·Cota Navin GuptaVince D Calhoun
Apr 2, 2020·Frontiers in Psychology·Nathaniel E Anderson, Kent A Kiehl
Apr 8, 2020·Frontiers in Psychology·Leda TortoraStefano Ferracuti
May 8, 2021·Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience·R James BlairPatrick M Tyler
Jul 1, 2021·Human Brain Mapping·Ellyn R ButlerRussell T Shinohara

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