the amygdala is about violence. if you sit down dirt typical apologist anathema to the amygdala is about that's not the first to come out of their mouth. the amygdala is about fear, fear and anxiety and learning to be afraid. in other words, we've just learned something very interesting, which is you cannot understand the first thing about the neurology of -- or biology of violence without understanding the neurobiology and sowed fear. be afraid there's an awful lot more between the audience and labs. the thing to begin to make sense of the image of a face what parts of the brain does it talk to and which regions talk to in turn. the next region that is incredibly interesting is called the insular cortex. the insular cortex is in fact incredibly boring after a lab rat or any other monitor because it does something very straightforward. you bite into a piece of fruit and it spoiled and rotten and rancid and all of that. what happens is as a result, your insular cortex activates and it triggers all sorts of reflexes.

the amygdala is hot.e let them go down to where they can listen to someone weapon validate their res and then reframe them so they can do this. the last question, we now then will stay with that person for six months to two years so he will not circle back tour, calls this baby-sitting or shadowing so the long-term effect on that person is a stick so he does not relapse, he and his frienders are managed so that they will no longer do this. >> you made a very point point earlier in your testimony saying people don't think about, i'm questioning to court, i'm going to three-quarters i'm going to be incarcerated. >> furthest from their mine. >> do you think the leadership at the justice department -- let me just be generic. leadership that wants to emphasize mandatory minimums, taking away prosecutorial discretion so that a judge, a prosecutor may say, this is juvenile -- it may be obviously a very unfortunate crime but the prosecutor may see another option. do you think that kind of intervention is importan

they're amygdala is on hot. we cool them down and let them listen to someone. and then we reframe this so they feel they're still positive to be able to do this. and your last question, we will stay with that person from six months to two years so he will not circle back. so the long-term effect on that person is a stick so he does not relapse, he and his friends are managed so they will no longer do this. >> you made a very important point earlier in your testimony saying people don't think about i'm going to court, i'm going to trial, i'm going to be incarcerated. >> furthest thing from their mind. >> so do you think the leadership we have from the justice department -- let me just be generic. leadership that would want to emphasize mandatory minimums, taking away discretion so a judge, a prosecutor may say this is juvenile -- it may be obviously a very unfortunate crime, but the prosecutor may see another option. do you think that kind of intervention is important because then you have the opportunity to deal with some of these healing factors you're talking