Blair, James, MD.

The psychopath : emotion and the brain / James Blair, Derek Mitchell, and Karina Blair. - Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2005. - ix, 201 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [156]-186) and indexes.

What is psychopathy? -- The background facts -- What is the ultimate cause of psychopathy? -- The psychopathic individual : the functional impairment -- Cognitive accounts of psychopathy -- Neural accounts of psychopathy -- A neurocognitive account of reactive aggression -- A neurocognitive account of psychopathy -- Conundrums and conclusions.

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Antisocial personality disorders.
Psychopaths.