In the present paper, we discussed the insufficiencies of two-dimensional (2D) confrontations and proposed the utility of threedimensional (3D) and even four-dimensional (4D) confrontations, in researches specially of mono-symptomatic psychopathological cases like for instance in pedophilia.
We are still definitely far from taking the pictures of our thoughts and imaginations. Even though probably we can make some proposals by which we can attempt to approach at least to some extent, to the exploration of clues, leading us closer to some diseases’ diagnostic attempts.
Nevertheless, our below proposal, should be handled very carefully. Because laymen or, even some of our collaborative professionals, can perfectly misunderstand it and, take the words as definite truths, and fall into the same trap of polygraphs’ results’ interpretation.
It is already well-known that, the blood flow and electrical activities of the neuronal connections, responsible of related given behaviors during activity, do increase.
Pedophilia is a problem concerning the adults who get sexually attracted by prepubescent kids. In healthy adults, absolutely, no sexual interest must be aroused toward infants. In short, pedophiles and controls, must be using different neuronal connections, either in perception or reaction, to children.
In the recent past, either by EEG or MRI and/or related equipment, have been done several researches trying to explore the abnormal neurophysiological activities in pedophiliacs. And in general lines, nearly all of them, found several deviated results, although in different forms and localities. Below we tried to allude some principal researches made by EEG and/or MRI, preferably, on exclusively pedophiliacs, without including those subjects who were related to other abnormalities too.
In 1991 by qEEG, scholars detected different activities in those who had erotic arousal toward 6-12 aged subjects in comparison to normal. They had increased frontal delta, theta and alpha power with reduced interhemispheric – increased intra-interhemispheric coherence (FlorHenry, P. at al 1991). Others in 2007, compared to homosexual and heterosexual control groups, observed that pedophiles exhibited decreased grey matter volume in the ventral striatum, orbitofrontal cortex and cerebellum (Schiffer, B. at al, 2007). In 2008 researchers found opposite amygdala activation between pedophiliacs and control groups in response to picture of children, by implementation of fMRI (Sartorius, A.at al, 2008). In 2011 in a reaction time task and fMRI experiment, it had been detected that pedophiliacs were reacting more boldly to sexual stimulations by images of pre-pubertal subjects (Poeppl, T. B. at al, 2011). In 2013, by fMRI, researchers found that pedophiles had altered activities, especially in frontal areas (Wiebking, C. at al, 2013). In 2013 in an fMRI pilot study researchers concluded that, “Slower reaction time and less accurate visual target discrimination in pedophilia, was accompanied by attenuated deactivation of brain areas, belonging to the default mode network” (Habermeyer, B. at al., 2013). In 2015 researchers published detailed study on pedophiles and emphasized that through sMRI, fMRI have found remarkable differences (Tenbergen, G. at al, 2015). In 2015, by implementation of Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI) researchers found confirming results that pedophilia is characterized by neuroanatomical differences in white matter microstructure (Cantor, J. M., at al 2015).
