Brain Injuries and Crime - The Startling Connection with Neuropsychologist Dr. Kim Gorgens

Donate to our non-profit Compassion Prison Project: https://bit.ly/3a463ij In this fascinating interview with Kim Gorgens, we discuss how the effects of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) collide with the Criminal Justice System and how the physical damage of the prefrontal cortex brings about the same symptoms of trauma and fight/flight/freeze. Dr. Kim Gorgens is a Professor of Psychophysiology, Clinical Neuropsychology and Psychology of Criminal Behavior at the University of Denver. She manages a large portfolio of traumatic brain injury (TBI) related research and has lectured extensively on those issues (including a 2010 TED talk on youth sports concussion, a 2018 TED talk on brain injuries in criminal justice, several NPR spots and an interview on CNN with Anderson Cooper). Her work has been featured in USNews, Newsweek, Salon.com and more. Her research studies the reported injury history, cognitive function and brain biomarkers of youth and college athletes, probationers and inmates. Her mission is to better understand the short and long-term impacts of injuring our most vital organ. #TBI #BrainInjury #BrainInjuriesInPrison Follow Compassion Prison Project: Facebook:   / compassionprisonproject   Instagram:   / compassion.prison.project   Twitter:   / prisonkind   LinkedIn:   / compassion-prison-project   Website: https://compassionprisonproject.org