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

By:

Blair, James

Contributor(s):

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Oxford : Blackwell, 2005.Description: ix, 201 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:

9780631233367 (pbk.) :
9780631233350 (hbk.) :
9780631233367 :

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DDC classification:

616.8582 BLA

LOC classification:

RC555

Contents:

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.

Summary: 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.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Long Loan	TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Nursing Collection	616.8582 BLA (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		203279
Long Loan	TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending	616.8582 BLA (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		203280

Includes bibliographical references (p. 156-186) and index.

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.