The psychopath : emotion and the brain / James Blair, Derek Mitchell, and Karina Blair.
Material type: TextPublication details: Oxford : Blackwell, 2005.Description: ix, 201 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:- 9780631233367 (pbk.) :
- 9780631233350 (hbk.) :
- 9780631233367 :
- 616.8582 BLA
- RC555
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 156-186) and index.
List of Figures and Tables--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.
Presenting the scientific facts that are often overlooked by the media in the face of sensationalist headlines, this text looks at the definition of psychopathy, as well as the ways in which the condition can be treated, and the issues presented by false representations of psychopathy in the media and society as a whole.