Inside the psychopath's brain

Jeff Skilling, Ken Lay and Conrad Black – all corporate psychopaths who felt absolutely no remorse or twinge of guilt about their crimes. Indeed, none of them ever admitted any wrong doing and said they were unfairly treated.

The inability to feel any remorse is the psychopath's calling card. But according to Vanderbilt University research, we need to look at what drives them.

The report says: "Previous research on psychopathy has focused on what these individuals lack-fear, empathy and interpersonal skills. The new research, however, examines what they have in abundance-impulsivity, heightened attraction to rewards and risk taking. Importantly, it is these latter traits that are most closely linked with the violent and criminal aspects of psychopathy."

In other words, psychopaths have a higher than normal attraction to risk taking.

If nothing else, it's a warning to be careful about all those who get off living on the edge. That's the danger signal.


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