Few psychological concepts evoke simultaneously as much fascination and
misunderstanding as psychopathic personality, or psychopathy. Typically, individuals with …

Current knowledge on the architecture of exogenous attention (also called automatic, bottom-
up, or stimulus-driven attention, among other terms) has been mainly obtained from studies …

The Psychology of Criminal Conduct, Sixth Edition, provides a psychological and evidence-
informed perspective of criminal behavior that sets it apart from many criminological and …

Linking psychopathy to a specific brain abnormality could have significant clinical, legal, and
scientific implications. Theories on the neurobiological basis of the disorder typically …

Psychopathy, while perhaps the earliest and most recognized personality disorder, is the
subject of intense debate about its nature and measurement. The most recent proposal on …

A long-standing puzzle for moral philosophers and psychologists alike is the concept of
psychopathy, a personality disorder marked by tendencies to defy moral norms despite …

Sexual behavior is closely associated with delinquency and crime. Although psychopaths,
by definition, have many short-term sexual relationships, it has not been shown that …

Objective: Amygdala dysfunction has been reported to exist in youths and adults with
psychopathic traits. However, there has been disagreement as to whether this dysfunction …

Psychopathy is a developmental disorder marked by emotional hypo-responsiveness and
an increased risk for antisocial behavior. Influential attention-based accounts of psychopathy …

We provide an overview of the neurobiological underpinnings of psychopathy. Cognitive
and affective-emotional processing deficits are associated with abnormal brain structure and …