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9780631233367

The Psychopath Emotion and the Brain

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  • ISBN13:

    9780631233367

  • ISBN10:

    0631233369

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2005-09-23
  • Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
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Summary

This timely new book presents the scientific facts of psychopathy and antisocial behavior, addressing critical issues such as the definition of psychopathy, the number of psychopaths in society, whether psychopaths can be treated, and whether psychopathy is due to nature or nurture.

Author Biography

James Blair is Chief of the Unit on Affective Cognitive Neuroscience in the Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program of the National Institute of Mental Health Intramural Research Program.

Derek Mitchell and Karina Blair both work on the Unit on Affective Cognitive Neuroscience in the Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program of the National Institute of Mental Health Intramural Research Program.

Table of Contents

List of figures and tablesp. vi
Acknowledgementsp. viii
What Is Psychopathy?p. 1
The Background Factsp. 18
What Is the Ultimate Cause of Psychopathy?p. 28
The Psychopathic Individual: The Functional Impairmentp. 47
Cognitive Accounts of Psychopathyp. 67
Neural Accounts of Psychopathyp. 81
A Neurocognitive Account of Reactive Aggressionp. 96
A Neurocognitive Account of Psychopathyp. 110
Conundrums and Conclusionsp. 141
Referencesp. 156
Subject indexp. 187
Author indexp. 196
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