Comments on: More Psychopaths http://neurologicalcorrelates.com/wordpress/2007/12/17/more-psychopaths/ The Neuroscience of Dysfunctional Behavior - Mostly Psychopaths and Sociopaths, Narcissists, Obesity and Addiction Sat, 04 Feb 2012 03:43:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: swivelchair http://neurologicalcorrelates.com/wordpress/2007/12/17/more-psychopaths/comment-page-1/#comment-41 swivelchair Tue, 25 Dec 2007 21:05:41 +0000 http://neurologicalcorrelates.com/wordpress/2007/12/17/more-psychopaths/#comment-41 Dr. Steve -- Thank you for your comments, and I really appreciate your blogging on the subject. Yes-- I asked one of the researchers directly about temps lacking that "moral center" -- of course, everyone temps when they are in college or between jobs or whatever. She said people who temp for most of their work life generally test out to be psychopaths (or perhaps antisocial, I'm not clear on the screenin). I'll jump over to your blog, and post the same, thanks for visiting! Swivelchair Dr. Steve — Thank you for your comments, and I really appreciate your blogging on the subject.

Yes– I asked one of the researchers directly about temps lacking that “moral center” — of course, everyone temps when they are in college or between jobs or whatever. She said people who temp for most of their work life generally test out to be psychopaths (or perhaps antisocial, I’m not clear on the screenin).

I’ll jump over to your blog, and post the same, thanks for visiting! Swivelchair

]]> By: DrSteve http://neurologicalcorrelates.com/wordpress/2007/12/17/more-psychopaths/comment-page-1/#comment-39 DrSteve Fri, 21 Dec 2007 18:37:39 +0000 http://neurologicalcorrelates.com/wordpress/2007/12/17/more-psychopaths/#comment-39 Oh, and thanks for for linking me to this fact I didn't know, though it makes perfect sense: "All subjects were drawn from 5 temporary employment agencies in Los Angeles, Calif. This recruitment strategy was used because pilot data had shown that this community group had relatively high rates of violence perpetration." Oh, and thanks for for linking me to this fact I didn’t know, though it makes perfect sense: “All subjects were drawn from 5 temporary employment agencies in Los Angeles, Calif. This recruitment strategy was used because pilot data had shown that this community group had relatively high rates of violence perpetration.”

]]> By: DrSteve http://neurologicalcorrelates.com/wordpress/2007/12/17/more-psychopaths/comment-page-1/#comment-38 DrSteve Fri, 21 Dec 2007 18:28:59 +0000 http://neurologicalcorrelates.com/wordpress/2007/12/17/more-psychopaths/#comment-38 You're spot on about psychopaths and empathy. It's amazing to me how an (ill-chosen) phrase - psychopaths have no empathy - is repeated in practically everything you read by amateurs and experts. They'll also speak of psychopaths' skills as con artists, but not make the connection that in order to do that you have to have empathy! You’re spot on about psychopaths and empathy. It’s amazing to me how an (ill-chosen) phrase – psychopaths have no empathy – is repeated in practically everything you read by amateurs and experts. They’ll also speak of psychopaths’ skills as con artists, but not make the connection that in order to do that you have to have empathy!

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