What goes on inside the brain of a psychopath? One new study, the latest in a line of controversial recent research tackling that question, offers yet another clue about how the grey matter of individuals diagnosed with psychopathy — a complex personality disorder often characterized by impulsive behavior, lack of remorse, and antisocial tendencies — might be “hardwired” differently than those who don’t fit the profile.
A research team based out of the University of Chicago used functional magnetic resonance imagery (fMRI) — tests that evaluate brain activity — to scan the grey matter of 80 male prisoners aged 18 to 50 during a series of experiments. Some of these prisoners met the standard diagnostic criteria for...
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