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Psychopaths - The Most Dangerous People

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Professor Joshua Buckholtz discusses the brain anomalies and behavioral traits associated with psychopathy.

Speaker: Professor Joshua Buckholtz, Harvard University Psychopathy, sometimes considered synonymous with sociopathy, is traditionally defined as a personality disorder characterized by persistent antisocial behavior, impaired empathy and remorse, and bold, disinhibited, and egotistical traits. A high functioning psychopath is intelligent enough to do skillful jobs such as doctor, professor, social worker, psychologist, company CEO or unfortunately, a politician. They lack empathy or fear and have no conscience. There is evidence to show that high functioning psychopaths are particularly dangerous because they are prevalent in the parts of our society that have almost complete power and control over the rest of us.

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I am aware of 2 brain anomalies that seem to be associated with the non-emergence of a conscience. One is associated with psychopathy. The other is associated with narcissism. psychopathy: My understanding is that a psychopath has a smaller and misshapen amygdala and that the connectivity between the amygdala and ventromedial prefrontal cortex is nearly non-existent. My understanding is that psychopaths experience weaker pain signals than non-psychopaths. Fearlessness is often attributed to them. They apparently have the ability to feel empathy for others, but they simply choose not to. The inability to delay gratification and to learn from life experiences are also traits which have been…
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