Neurological Correlates

A Neuroscience Tabloid of Dysfunctional Behavior – Mostly Psychopaths, Narcissists, Obesity and Addiction

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A Psychopath Unplugged

March 19th, 2008 · 2 Comments

This post is about the neural correlates of those who seek power for power’s sake — without any emotional component — but first, a Dateline NBC example:
A 12 year old girl accused her stepfather of sexually abusing her. Because the stepfather felt he was wrongly accused, he built a bunker in the backwoods, and [...]

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Tags: Altruism/moral behavior · Authoritarianism · Brain anatomy · Lying and cheating · Machiavellianism · Narcissism · Nature vs. nurture · Personality disorder · Psychopath (also sociopath) · White Matter