Tag: amygdala
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Psychopathy is rarely related to amygdala activity
Maybe you’ve learned that people with psychopathy have an underactive amygdala, the so-called “fear center” of the brain. Do the data support that claim? Not really, according to my new review with Mickela Heilicher and Mike Koenigs. Read more
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Which brain regions are consistently related to psychopathy across studies?
Scientists have spent 20 years using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to ask a question that is of great interest to the public, the focus of countless podcasts, TV shows, movies, and conversations around the kitchen table: what is going on inside a psychopathic person’s brain? Or, more scientifically, what are the neural correlates of psychopathy?… Read more