Ted Talk: The neuroscience of restorative justice – Daniel Reisel

Details (From Ted.com): Daniel Reisel studies the brains of criminal psychopaths (and mice). And he asks a big question: Instead of warehousing these criminals, shouldn’t we be using what we know about the brain to help them rehabilitate? Put another way: If the brain can grow new neural pathways after an injury … could we help the brain re-grow morality?

I really liked this Ted Talk because I found the topic really fascinating, mostly because it’s directly related to my major, and I thought that the way that Reisel delivered the entire talk was very direct and interesting. He wasn’t overly showy or anything, which was appropriate for the topic that he was discussing. He spoke a lot with his hands, which I like because I think it shows that you’re passionate about your topic. I also read a book about the topic that he was speaking about so it was interesting to see his perspective on a subject that I had already read a lot about. I also really liked his conclusion, I thought it was very hopefully compared to other conclusions that I had heard that criminals had “no hope” of ever reintegrating into society so that different take on it was very much appreciated.