The Pesky Psychopath Problem: Could Science Identify & Possibly Cure Them?
Posted by Justin on August 20th, 2010
Who hasn’t dealt with a psychopath? You offer to help them put a sofa in the back of a van one moment, badda bing badda boom you’re putting the lotion on your skin or else you get the hose again…
A new report by Scientific American’s MIND magazine looks into the new research being done into the area of criminally crazy people. Included among the findings on the studies of sociopaths:
• Aided by EEGs and brain scans, scientists have discovered that psychopaths possess significant impairments that affect their ability to feel emotions, read other people’s cues and learn from their mistakes.
• These deficiencies may be apparent in children who are as young as five years old.
• When you tally trials, prison stays and inflicted damage, psychopaths cost us $250 billion to $400 billion a year.
• Psychopaths have traditionally been considered untreatable, but novel forms of therapy show promise.
A cure for psychopaths! Rejoice, Great Big Fat People the world over!
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August 21st, 2010 at 10:56 am
TESTING POTENTIAL POLITICIANS AND PARENTS SHOULD BE MANDATED!