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psychopathic inferiority,
38–39

psychopathic subtypes,
28
,
36
,
153–160
,
214

psychopaths

chances of becoming,
168–178

child becoming,
179–190

classifications of,
28
,
36
,
153–160
,
214

“cold-blooded” behavior in,
10–11
,
21
,
77
,
97–98
,
135–136
,
159
,
162–163
,
177
,
183
,
193

definition of,
xiii–xiv

explaining,
1–24
,
191–212

genes and,
75–78
,
96–110

“hot-blooded” behavior in,
77
,
135
,
162–163

labeling,
25–55

lack of conscience in,
xiii–xiv
,
10
,
12
,
19–23
,
27
,
38
,
47–51
,
55–63
,
93
,
98
,
130
,
136–141
,
193–197
,
215

lack of empathy in,
xvi
,
12
,
20–22
,
27
,
30–31
,
36
,
51–59
,
129–151
,
183–188
,
192–198
,
210–211
,
215

lack of fear in,
51
,
93
,
98–99
,
129–132
,
148–150
,
182–183
,
198

number of,
30
,
51
,
195

prediction behavior for,
111–128

prefrontal cortex in,
77–81
,
87–95
,
163–164
,
185

pseudopsychopaths,
157–158
,
168

psychopathic behavior in,
xiii–xvi
,
10
,
22–23
,
80–85
,
107–108
,
159
,
167
,
177–178
,
196–197

sociopaths and,
28–29
,
46–49
,
78

subtypes of,
28
,
36
,
153–160
,
214

“successful” psychopaths,
xv
,
24
,
92–94
,
157–168
,
174
,
198–200

traits of,
xiii–xvi
,
10–12
,
17–24
,
42–45
,
57–59
,
84–88
,
102–107
,
129–131
,
155–165
,
197–200

types of,
152–167

“unsuccessful” psychopaths,
24
,
92–94
,
117
,
157–168
,
174
,
198–200

psychopathy

“cold-blooded” behavior,
10–11
,
21
,
77
,
97–98
,
135–136
,
159
,
162–163
,
177
,
183
,
193

controversy about,
xiv
,
28–30

definition of,
30

future research on,
215

“hot-blooded” behavior,
77
,
135
,
162–163

measuring,
34

pseudopsychopathy,
88
,
157–158
,
168
,
173–177

research on,
34–35
,
41
,
213–215

Psychopathy Checklist–Revised (PCL–R).
See also
Hare Psychopathy Checklist categories of
35–37

development of,
40–41
,
55

evaluations using,
30–35

questions in,
35–37

score on,
58–63
,
105–107
,
114
,
130
,
150
,
158
,
165
,
199
,
206

screening through,
42–46
,
100
,
114–118
,
150
,
153–155
,
161

psychosis,
12–13
,
138
,
163

psychosurgery,
65

psychotic,
12–13
,
16–18
,
26
,
47
,
156

Q

Quay, Herbert,
131

Quinn, Pat,
207

R

Raine, Adrian

on CSP,
105

on PCL-R,
41–46

on psychopaths,
105–106
,
164–167

research by,
92–93
,
150

on scans,
77
,
84
,
92

on schizophrenia,
18

on theories,
196

recidivism,
115–116
,
122–124
,
185

research costs,
213–214

RNA,
104
,
109–110

Rohrbough, Danny,
7

Roll, John M.,
3

Ronson, Jon,
31

Rush, Benjamin,
38

S

sadism,
22–23
,
136

sadistic psychopath,
22
,
155

sane killer,
10–11

sanity, mask of,
23
,
157

Santayana, George,
55

Scanner Darkly, A
,
113

schizophrenia,
12–19
,
30–32
,
49
,
94–95

schizotypal personality disorder,
134

Schmitt, William,
199
,
214

Schneck, Phyllis C.,
3

Schnorr, Donna,
202
,
205

Science of Evil: On Empathy and the Origins of Cruelty
,
140

Scientific American Mind
,
11
,
57

Scott, Rachel,
7

Scoville, William,
166

Screamers
,
113

Seabrook, John,
118

Sedaris, David,
90–92

serial killers,
xiii
,
22–23
,
133–139
,
198
,
203

Shaw, Julia,
116

Sheckley, Robert,
195

shift theory,
196

Sinnott-Armstrong, Walter,
120

Skeem, Jennifer,
25
,
41
,
44–46
,
158
,
215

Slate
,
20
,
21

Smith, Edgar,
82–83
,
114

Smithsonian
,
198

Smoller, Jordan,
150

Sociopath Next Door, The
,
46
,
73

Sociopathic Personality Disturbance,
48

sociopaths,
28–29
,
46–49
,
78

sociopathy,
28–29
,
46–49
,
78
,
88
,
148
,
173
,
177–178

Sopranos, The
,
143

Spiegel, Alix,
30–33
,
37

spree killers,
12–13
,
23

Status Civilization, The
,
195

Stich, Stephen,
196

Stoddard, Dorwan C.,
3

Stone, Michael,
100
,
135

Stout, Martha,
46
,
73

Strauss, Hal,
49

striatum,
15–16

substantia nigra,
15–16
,
140

“successful” psychopaths,
xv
,
24
,
92–94
,
157–168
,
174
,
198–200
.
See also
psychopaths

Sukel, Kayt,
xvi
,
208

synaptic function,
xvi
,
62
,
69
,
109–110

T

Tabery, James,
211

Taylor, Mark,
7

Tesla,
66–67

test results, psychological,
20
,
57
,
86–87
,
93
,
150–153

Tierney, Bryce,
1

Time
,
123
,
186

Total Recall
,
113

trial,
202–208

Triarchic Model,
42–46
,
53–54
,
199

Triune Brain Theory,
143–144

twins,
101–104
,
111
,
183

U

“unsuccessful” psychopaths,
24
,
92–94
,
117
,
157–168
,
174
,
198–200
.
See also
psychopaths

V

ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC),
108
,
142
,
150–151
,
170–174
.
See also
prefrontal cortices

Vess, James,
155

Vitacco, Michael,
116

von Feuchtersleben, Ernst,
40

W

Wall Street Journal
,
76
,
78
,
161

Wall Street
(movie),
29

“warrior gene,”
75–76
,
95

Watson, James D.,
29

Weiler, Barbara,
100

What Is a Psychopath?
,
22

“What ‘Psychopath’ Means,”
xiv

Widom, Cathy,
100

“Will the Real Psychopath Please Stand Up?,”
214

Williams, Edward,
175

Williams, Luisa,
116

Wilson, Woodrow,
29

Wired
,
112

Wisdom of Psychopaths, The
,
198

Without Conscience
,
57–58

Woodcock, Peter,
37

Wynn, Rolf,
193

Y

Yang, Yaling,
150

Yoon, Jong H.,
15
,
17

Yurkiewicz, Ilana,
209

Z

Zielinski, Victoria Ann,
82

Zimmerman, Gabriel M.,
3

Zoghbi, Huda,
xvi

About the Author

Dean A. Haycock is a science and medical writer living in New York. He earned a Ph.D. in neurobiology from Brown University and a fellowship from the National Institute of Mental Health to study at The Rockefeller University. The results of his research, conducted in academia and in the pharmaceutical industry, have been published in
Brain Research
, the
Journal of Neurochemistry
, the
Journal of Biological Chemistry
, the
Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
, and the
Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics,
among others.

His books include The Everything Health Guide to Adult Bipolar Disorder, Third Edition and The Everything Health Guide to Schizophrenia. He also is the co-author of Avoiding and Dealing with Complications of LASIK and Other Eye Surgeries.

His reporting and feature articles have appeared in many newspapers and magazines including WebMD, Drug Discovery and Development, BioWorld Today, BioWorld International, The Lancet Neurology, The Minneapolis Star-Tribune, Current Biology and the Annals of Internal Medicine. In addition, he has contributed articles on a variety of topics to The Gale Encyclopedia of Science and The Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Health.

Please visit Dean on his website and Twitter at:
www.DeanAHaycock.com
;
@Dean_A_Haycock

Image Gallery

Figure 1.
left: American psychiatrist Hervey Cleckley, M.D., established the basis for modern studies of psychopathy in the U.S. with his 1941 book
The Mask of Sanity.
right: Canadian psychologist Robert Hare, Ph.D., extended Cleckley’s work and created the Psychopathy Checklist (PCL), which for the first time allowed clinicians and researchers to measure psychopathic traits in individuals.

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