Title The psychopath : emotion and the brain / James Blair, Derek Mitchell, and Karina Blair.

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Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2005.

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Description	ix, 201 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 156-186) and indexes.
Contents	List of figures and tables -- Acknowledgements -- 1: What is psychopathy? -- 2: Background facts -- 3: What is the ultimate cause of psychopathy? -- 4: Psychopathic individual: the functional impairment -- 5: Cognitive accounts of psychopathy -- 6: Neural accounts of psychopathy -- 7: Neurocognitive account of reactive aggression -- 8: Neurocognitive account of psychopathy -- 9: Conundrums and conclusions -- References -- Subject index -- Author index.
Summary	From the Publisher: Psychopaths continue to be demonised by the media and estimates suggest that a disturbing percentage of the population has psychopathic tendencies. This timely and controversial new book summarizes what we already know about psychopathy and antisocial behavior and puts forward a new case for its cause-with far-reaching implications. 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.
Subject	Antisocial personality disorders.
	Psychopaths.
	Antisocial Personality Disorder. (DNLM)D000987
	Antisocial Personality Disorder -- classification. (DNLM)D000987Q000145
	Emotions. (DNLM)D004644
	Aggression -- psychology. (DNLM)D000374Q000523
	PSYCHOLOGY -- Psychotherapy -- Child & Adolescent.
	Antisocial personality disorders. (OCoLC)fst00810814
	Psychopaths. (OCoLC)fst01081656
	Abnorme Persönlichkeit. (DE-588)4133263-5
	Dissoziale Persönlichkeitsstörung. (DE-588)4700501-4
	Antisociale persoonlijkheid.
	Misdadigers.
	Emoties.
	Neuropsychologie.
	Persönlichkeitsstörung.
	Sozialverhalten.
	Soziopathie.
	Dissoziale Persṉlichkeitsstṟung.
	Abnorme Persṉlichkeit.
Added Author	Mitchell, Derek Robert.
	Blair, Karina.
ISBN	0631233350 (alkaline paper)
	9780631233350 (alkaline paper)
	0631233369 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
	9780631233367 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
Standard No.	9780631233350 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
	9780631233367 (paperback ; alk. paper)

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