Psychopaths have more or less intact brain regions, but it’s the wiring between them that’s the problem. Discussion of a recent report of psychopath white matter disconnect.
Entries from June 2009
Psychopaths (sociopaths): White matter, unplugged
June 29th, 2009 · 6 Comments
Tags: Amygdala · Analytical methods · Behavior · Brain anatomy · Conditions or Diagnosis · Nature vs. nurture · Personality disorder · Psychopath (also sociopath) · Schizophrenia · White Matter
Forget the regulators, report to ZeroHedge
June 29th, 2009 · 3 Comments
Zerohedge, our new regulator of financial markets.
Tags: Activities · Anti-sociopath-activism · Corporate Governance · Corruption · Greed · Lawsuit · Lying and cheating · Neuro Editorial · Neuro Financial Doc Review · Neuroeconomics · Science blogging
Friday Dysfunctional Roundup, Belgium Waffles: 6 Dysfunctional things about Belgium.
June 26th, 2009 · 2 Comments
Belgium, diamonds, guns, horrible atrocities against children, corruption, and a recipe for Belgian Waffles with a secret ingredient.
Tags: Behavior · Corruption · Lawsuit · Neuropolitics · Recipes · Science blogging · Things you can say to sound smart · conspiracy theory
Goldman Sachs Conspiracy Club: Update
June 25th, 2009 · 2 Comments
Having first promulgated a Goldman, Sachs Conspiracy last October (Goldman Sachs- Cheney – Paulson: A conspiracy theory) and then ridiculed by no less than the NYT, (New York Times Sez Neurological Correlates Sustains Crazy Goldman Sachs Conspiracy Theory) and then finding that I’m not just an anonymous blogger metaphorically holed up in a scrap wood [...]
Tags: Corruption · Greed · Neuro Editorial · Neuro Financial Doc Review · Neuroeconomics
Sneezing, photic and otherwise
June 24th, 2009 · No Comments
Sneezing can be a response to light or other stimulation.
Tags: Behavior · Brain anatomy · Conditions or Diagnosis · Genetics and heredity · Love · Sex · Synesthesia
My plan to live forever by regrowing myself with stem cells; See also, Old Jews Telling Jokes
June 22nd, 2009 · 1 Comment
I would like to regrow myself from top to bottom, sans some brain cells encoding an episodic memory circa 1997.
Tags: Genetics and heredity · Humor
Friday Dysfunctional Roundup: 1., Posting slow down but don’t take me off your RSS!!! It’s temporary I promise! and 2) Citizen Journalists Change Power Balance
June 19th, 2009 · No Comments
Citizen journalists prove the pen/the pixel is mightier than the sword.
Plus, posting slowdown temporary.
Tags: Anti-sociopath-activism · Authoritarianism · Behavior · Dysfunctional Roundup · Neuro Editorial · Neuropolitics · Science blogging
Fake data demonstrates fake result predominately most of the time
June 11th, 2009 · No Comments
Science isn’t any more or less fraud resistant than any other field.
Tags: Corruption · Lawsuit · Lying and cheating · Science blogging
Neuroeditorial, Omnibus edition: Neuroscience and the Law – Dumb, dumb, dumb
June 8th, 2009 · No Comments
If you’re going to base judicial decisions on biology, at least don’t screw it up.
Tags: Anti-sociopath-activism · Behavior · Brain anatomy · Conditions or Diagnosis · Lawsuit · Love · Lying and cheating · Machiavellianism · Narcissism · Nature vs. nurture · Neuro Editorial · Neuropolitics · Personality disorder · Psychopath (also sociopath) · Punishment · Sex
5 things Social Defeat Does To Your Brain
June 4th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Bullying and insults mess with your neurons. Anti-anti-oxytocin may be a new happy pill.
Tags: Animal · Axis of fear · Behavior · Brain anatomy · Bullying · Dopamine · Molecules · Nature vs. nurture · Oxytocin and Vasopressin · Pharmaceuticals · Punishment · Stress

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