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More About This Title The Psychopath - Emotion and the Brain
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- Presents the scientific facts of psychopathy and antisocial behavior.
- Addresses key questions, such as: What is psychopathy? Are there psychopaths amongst us? What is wrong with psychopaths? Is psychopathy due to nature or nurture? And can we treat psychopaths?
- Reveals the authors' ground-breaking research into whether an underlying abnormality in brain development leaves psychopaths with an inability to feel emotion or fear.
- The resulting theory could lead to early diagnosis and revolutionize the way society, the media and the state both views and contends with the psychopaths in our midst.
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DerekMitchell and KarinaBlair 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.
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Acknowledgments.
1. What is Psychopathy?.
2. The Background Facts.
3. What is the Ultimate Cause of Psychopathy?.
4. The Psychopathic Individual: The Functional Impairment.
5. Cognitive Accounts of Psychopathy.
6. Neural Accounts of Psychopathy.
7. A Neuro-Cognitive Account of Reactive Aggression.
8. A Neuro-Cognitive Account of Psychopathy.
9. Conundrums and Conclusions.
References.
Subject Index.
Author Index.
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“A gem of a contribution to the field of psychopathy, this wonderful resource provides a highly coherent and integrative review of developments in cognitive and affective neuroscience and their implications for understanding the nature of psychopathy. The authors are passionate about their research and this book presents their personal assessment of the field in a remarkably powerful, readable, and detailed manner. The book is an extraordinary accomplishment and a boon for the field.” Joseph Newman, Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin
“This timely book represents an exciting new synthesis which has taken into account emerging data on the biology of psychopathy, including its neurocognitive basis. The authors lucidly describe discoveries about emotional processing in psychopaths and new thinking about its psychiatric nosology. They have performed a notable service in providing this highly readable survey, which summarises objectively the strengths and weaknesses of various theoretical accounts, including their own, and the implications for forensic, adult and child psychiatry.” Trevor Robbins, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Cambridge
“A comprehensive summary of recent research on the cognitive, emotional, and neurological correlates to psychopathy. One of the few resources to consider the manifestations of psychopathy throughout the lifespan.” Professor Paul J. Frick, Director, Applied Developmental Psychology Program, University of New Orleans
"the book as a whole contains a wealth of information and insight that make it an excellent avenue into the current state of knowledge and thinking about psychopathy. The authors' scholarship is unquestionable, and they bring together an exceptional amount of information within a manageable number of pages...The book will provoke considerable thought from students, practitioners, and researchers who will have to integrate their thinking on this vital topic." David Nussbaum, PsycCRITIQUES