New research examining the psychopathic brain and links to violence refocuses attention from lack of emotion to decision-making and reward networks.
Read More
Tag - Psychopathy
Psychopaths are all around us so a famous psychologist says. Jon Ronson in this acclaimed book ‘The Psychopath Test’ uncovers the dark and seedy side...
Psychological research has been making some headway in discovering the key traits and characteristics common in serial killers.
Take a look at the research into the brains of serial killers including the statistics and the motivations behind their killing.
Serial killer Ted Bundy was a handsome and charming man at first glance, but he was a man who harboured dark thoughts and sinister intentions. A man who just...
Neurocriminology is the study of understanding the brains of criminals. It seeks to identify those with genetic or neurological predispositions in a hope to...
Of the current uses of psychiatry in legal settings, the claim that psychopaths can be identified through functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) is among...
The nature vs nurture debate has transformed into a nature and nurture interaction which may hold the key to the origins of violent behaviour.
