Tag: empathy
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We found little evidence that psychopathy is related to medial frontal cortex activity
For decades, scientists have thought the medial frontal cortex may play a critical role in psychopathy. We put this hypothesis to the test by gathering the findings from 101 MRI studies. Read more
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What happens in a psychopathic person’s body when they’re trying to understand another person’s facial expression?
People with psychopathy have difficulty empathizing with other people and often harm other people emotionally and physically. Past research has shown that people with psychopathy do not label another person’s facial expressions – for example, “this person is afraid” or “this person is angry” – in the same way that healthy people do. Could this… Read more