Neuroscience evidence counters a rape myth

Ebani Dhawan and Patrick Haggard ()
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Ebani Dhawan: University College London
Patrick Haggard: University College London

Nature Human Behaviour, 2023, vol. 7, issue 6, 835-838

Abstract: Victims frequently report immobility during rape and sexual assault, often using the term ‘freezing’. Neuroscientific evidence suggests fear and threat can block cortical neural circuits for action control, leading to involuntary immobility. Defence arguments that blame victims for freezing are thus inappropriate and unjust.

Date: 2023
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