Emotion attributions in the psychopath

Blair, R. J. R.; Sellars, Carol; Strickland, Ian; Clark, Fiona; Williams, Akintude; Smith, Margaret; Jones, Lawrence

doi:10.1016/0191-8869(95)00080-p

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“…Research increasingly indicates that a neurophysiologic factor may be affecting psychopaths and that some areas of their brains and brain connectivity, may be undeveloped or underactive (Blair, 2001a, b;Blair et al, 1995;Pridmore et al, 2005;Richell et al, 2003;Weber et al, 2008).…”

Section: Corporate Psychopathsmentioning

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The Influence of Corporate Psychopaths on Corporate Social Responsibility and Organizational Commitment to Employees

Boddy¹,

2010

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The Influence of Corporate Psychopaths on Corporate Social Responsibility and Organizational Commitment to Employees

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2010

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“…Some authors corroborate this, and suggest the primacy of perspective taking and reading of emotions in others as mechanisms that allow the activation of an emotional system compatible only with help behaviors, inhibiting hostile responses and facilitating a regular social function. [38][39][40] Thus, the deficits in perspective taking and eye reading exhibited by the CD subjects would increase their likelihood of displaying antisocial behavior and worsening social relations, 41,42 as often happens in adolescents with CD. The empirical evidence regarding abilities for eye reading and empathy is consistent with our findings, and suggests a close connection between these abilities and facilitation of proper social functioning.…”

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Empathic skills and theory of mind in female adolescents with conduct disorder

Tobón

Rosa

Tamayo

et al. 2017

Rev. Bras. Psiquiatr.

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Objective: Most studies on conduct disorder (CD) have focused on male adolescents, disregarding analysis of this psychopathology in women. The purpose of this study was to identify differences in empathy and theory of mind (ToM) in a group of adolescent women with CD and a control group. Method: Thirty-six adolescent women were selected from an initial sample of 239 adolescents (CD group = 18, control group = 18). Empathy and ToM were evaluated through objective instruments. Mean comparisons and multivariate analysis were performed to ascertain differences between cases and controls and to propose a prediction model based on clinical status. Results: Significant differences in empathic abilities and ToM were found between the groups. The model that differentiated both groups was composed of eye-reading ability, perspective taking, and personal distress. Conclusion: These findings are consistent with previous studies. Capacity to take the other's perspective and the recognition of emotions in the face are protective factors against CD in women.

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“…Early work by Blair et al (1995Blair et al ( , 1996 suggested subjects characterized as prototypical psychopaths using Hare's criteria have impairments in moral/conventional distinctions , but not on simple ToM stories compared with non-psychopathic criminals (Blair et al 1996). Recently, Richell et al (2003) have also failed to show a psychopathy-specific deficit on an advanced ToM task devised by Baron-Cohen et al (1997.…”

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Theory of mind and mentalizing ability in antisocial personality disorders with and without psychopathy

2004

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Background. The literature on Theory of Mind (ToM) in antisocial samples is limited despite evidence that the neural substrates of theory of mind task involve the same circuits implicated in the pathogenesis of antisocial behaviour.Method. Eighty-nine male DSM-IV Antisocial Personality Disordered subjects (ASPDs) and 20 controls (matched for age and IQ) completed a battery of ToM tasks. The ASPD group was categorized into psychopathic and non-psychopathic groups based on a cut-off score of 18 on the Psychopathy Checklist : Screening Version.Results. There were no significant group (control v. psychopath v. non-psychopathic ASPD) differences on basic tests of ToM but both psychopathic and non-psychopathic ASPDs performed worse on subtle tests of mentalizing ability (faux pas tasks). ASPDs can detect and understand faux pas, but show an indifference to the impact of faux pas. On the face/eye task non-psychopathic ASPDs showed impairments in the recognition of basic emotions compared with controls and psychopathic ASPDs. For complex emotions, no significant group differences were detected largely due to task difficulty.Conclusions. The deficits in mentalizing ability in ASPD are subtle. For the majority of criminals with ASPD and psychopathy ToM abilities are relatively intact and may have an adaptive function in maintaining a criminal lifestyle. Our findings suggest the key deficits appear to relate more to their lack of concern about the impact on potential victims than the inability to take a victim perspective. The findings tentatively also suggest that ASPDs with neurotic features may be more impaired in mentalizing ability than their low anxious psychopathic counterparts.

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Emotion attributions in the psychopath

Cited by 121 publications

References 21 publications

The Influence of Corporate Psychopaths on Corporate Social Responsibility and Organizational Commitment to Employees

The Influence of Corporate Psychopaths on Corporate Social Responsibility and Organizational Commitment to Employees

Empathic skills and theory of mind in female adolescents with conduct disorder

Theory of mind and mentalizing ability in antisocial personality disorders with and without psychopathy

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