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   On Monday, June 21, 2010 6:09:46 PM UTC-5, pautrey wrote:   
   > An Underlying Cause for Psychopathic Behavior?   
   >    
   > ScienceDaily (May 27, 2010) — Psychopaths are known to be   
   > characterized by callousness, diminished capacity for remorse, and   
   > lack of empathy. However, the exact cause of these personality traits   
   > is an area of scientific debate. The results of a new study, reported   
   > in the May 2010 issue of Elsevier's Cortex, show striking similarities   
   > between the mental impairments observed in psychopaths and those seen   
   > in patients with frontal lobe damage.   
   >    
   > One previous explanation for psychopathic tendencies has been a   
   > reduced capacity to make inferences about the mental states of other   
   > people, an ability known as Theory of Mind (ToM). On the other hand,   
   > psychopaths are also known to be extremely good manipulators and   
   > deceivers, which would imply that they have good skills in inferring   
   > the knowledge, needs, intentions, and beliefs of other people.   
   > Therefore, it has been suggested recently that ToM is made up of   
   > different aspects: a cognitive part, which requires inferences about   
   > knowledge and beliefs, and another part which requires the   
   > understanding of emotions.   
   >    
   > Dr Simone Shamay-Tsoory, from the University of Haifa in Israel, along   
   > with colleagues from The Shalvata Mental Health Care Center and the   
   > Rambam Medical Center, tested the hypothesis that impairment in the   
   > emotional aspects of these abilities may account for psychopathic   
   > behaviour. Earlier research from the same group had shown that   
   > patients with damage to the frontal lobes of the brain lack some of   
   > the emotional aspects of Theory of Mind, so they speculated that   
   > psychopathy may also be linked to frontal lobe dysfunction.   
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   > Read More:   
   > http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/04/100427091723.htm   
      
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