Beschreibung:
Psychopathy is a disorder embedded in mystique, controversy and fantasy. Consistently portrayed in the media and popular culture as unusual, inhumane and emotionless creatures, individuals with psychopathy are the bogeymen of today's society, and the label psychopathy is used widely to describe a broad range of notorieties from political figures to serial killers.
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.References.Subject Index.Author Index.