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Dr. James Cantor is a clinical psychologist and sex researcher, leading an interdisciplinary team of scientists from the University of Toronto and other Toronto institutions to study the role of the brain in causing pedophilia. That team has identified several characteristics that distinguish samples of pedophilic men from nonpedophilic men, including significantly lower mean IQs, a three-fold elevation in the odds of being non-right-handed, and a deficit in physical height that is double the effect that emerges from when mothers smoke cigarettes during pregnancy. Their most recent finding was that pedophilic men show significantly less white matter in large regions of the brain on MRI scan, suggesting that pedophilia may be caused by a problem in a brain network that is otherwise responsible for identifying potentially sexual stimuli in the environment. Dr. Cantor currently serves as Editor-in-Chief of Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment (SAJRT), the official journal of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers. Manuscripts to be considered for publication in SAJRT should be submitted electronically by uploading through the journal’s submission portal, available at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/sajrt. Dr. Cantor also serves on the editorial boards of the Archives of Sexual Behavior and The Journal of Sex Research. Dr. Cantor is a member of the International Academy of Sex Research, the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality, and the Society for Neuroscience. Dr. Cantor is the Research Section Head for the Law & Mental Health Program of the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), a teaching hospital of the University of Toronto. His clinical activities focus on the assessment and treatment of persons dealing with illegal or clinically significant sexual behaviours or interests, including pedophilia and hypersexuality.
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Dr. James Cantor Clinical Sexology Service Law & Mental Health Program Centre for Addiction and Mental Health 250 College Street Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5T 1R8 office: 416-535-8501 ext. 4078 fax to: 416-979-6965 (attn: James Cantor) email: james_cantor@camh.net CAMH Media Relations: (416) 535-8501 ext. 6015
Last updated 5 February 2010