TED Talk: The Neuroscience Of Restorative Justice

In the TED Talk, “The Neuroscience of Restorative Justice,” the main idea that Daniel Reisel is trying to convey is that there may be a cure for psychopathic people. To begin, people act psychopathic because they become unconnected with others. Furthermore, keeping them in jail away from others just adds to this negativity. Reisel compares this to the behavior of a mouse when it is kept separate from other mice. According to the TED Talk, “So if you rear a mouse in a standard cage, a shoebox, essentially, with cotton wool, alone and without much stimulation, not only does it not thrive, but it will often develop strange, repetitive behaviors” (Reisel 10). This proves that keeping psychopathic people away from others would only harm their mental