AN ATTENTION deficit, rather than an inability to feel emotion, may be what
makes psychopathic individuals seem fearless.
Not exact matches
Borderland insanity, crankiness, insane temperament, loss of mental balance,
psychopathic degeneration (to use a few of the many synonyms by which it has been called), has certain peculiarities and liabilities which, when combined with a superior quality of intellect in an
individual,
make it more probable that he will
make his mark and affect his age, than if his temperament were less neurotic.
However, participants high in
psychopathic traits believed that the alleged victim was
making a false allegation more often when she was less emotional, and they were less punitive towards the false allegation than
individuals low in
psychopathic traits.
Others suggested that despite the results of the study, it remained unclear whether the experience of empathy by these
psychopathic individuals was the same as that of controls, and also questioned the possibility of devising therapeutic interventions that would
make the empathic reactions more automatic.
In conclusion, this study was the first to adopt a linear regression approach in addition to the simple analysis of fMRI contrasts to directly investigate the neural mechanisms involved in economic decision
making in
individuals with varying
psychopathic traits.
The lack of concern for Realtors
makes the business seem a
psychopathic entity, a corporation without concern for real life
individual issues.