Psychopaths' Brains Show Differences in Structure and Function

Science Daily ^ | 11/22/2011 | Unk

[Silentgypsy]

Images of prisoners' brains show important differences between those who are diagnosed as psychopaths and those who aren't, according to a new study led by University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers. This study found reduced connectivity between an area of prefrontal cortex (PFC, red) and the amygdala (blue).

[Silentgypsy]

At last--an explanation about those mean streaks.

[the invisib1e hand]

yeah, sure. and soon they'll be able to tell by an ultrasound your likelihood for testing positive for it, so they can abort you for the good of society.

Oh, yeah, science is a good God.

[Mechanicos]

bookmark

[Pearls Before Swine]

A scientific basis for the occasional “that boy ain’t right in the head.”

[massmike]

[Silentgypsy]

Unh uh. They will preserve those types for the governance of the rest of us.

[al baby]

Obamanmal

[Silentgypsy]

That’s kind of what I thought, but it isn’t confined to boys.

[Chode]

psychopath, RAT, same-same...

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

Isn’t that wonderful. We should let them go

[CrazyIvan]

That’s kind of what I thought, but it isn’t confined to boys.

So, assuming you are a male, did you date one of those
“Play Misty For Me” types too?

[rockinqsranch]

Let ‘em open up Clinton’s head, see what that one’s like.

[Silentgypsy]

Not a male, darlin’.

[One Name]

I’ve always subscribed to the demonic theory of criminal behavior.

Influence, possession or oppression.

Psychologists and Psychiatrists have a hard time refuting that.

Ever notice how many psychoses are Christ-oriented? Or the voices?

[rhombus]

At last--an explanation about those mean streaks.

Bad wiring. Could be nature, could be nurture, could be both.

[reformedliberal]

Do you know families unfortunate enough to have one of these psychopaths? We do.

This isn’t like retardation or some physical deformity. It is a demon in human form who only destroys everything they come into contact with. Is it more moral to allow them to be born, allow them to wreck havoc, destroy others and then be incarcerated and maybe executed?

Hard questions, IMO.

[TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig]

Follow up studies will show the same lack of connection between brain centers in women who lose their minds and dump their husbands in their forties.

Prbly the same for men who do it also.

[TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig]

It was...Abby, something or another....abby, abby,,,,abby-normal.

[Silentgypsy]

I’m sure you have something there. It’s just nice to know that sometimes there’s evidence that supports a hardwiring glitch.

[Jack Hydrazine]

Leftism is a mental disorder. This is just another study that proves it.