Sökning: "Psychopaths"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 16 uppsatser innehållade ordet Psychopaths.

  1. 1. Neural correlates of emotion recognition in psychopaths : A systematic review

    Kandidat-uppsats, Högskolan i Skövde/Institutionen för biovetenskap

    Författare :Jenna Norlin; Rendek Saadula; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Psychopathy; emotion recognition; brain; psychopathy checklist-revised; emotion processing;

    Sammanfattning : Science has recently begun showing interest in the different mechanisms of the psychopathic brain, and current scientific research points to deficits in the structural and functional brain regions of psychopaths. Psychopathy is a disorder distinguished by its persistent antisocial behavior, emotional callousness, grandiose self-estimation, and lack of empathy. LÄS MER

  3. 2. The Structural Brain Correlates of Psychopathy and Violent Crime

    Kandidat-uppsats, Högskolan i Skövde/Institutionen för biovetenskap

    Författare :Zaynab Abas Hashmi; Wilma Pettersson; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Psychopathy; Antisocial personality disorder; Violent crime; Magnetic resonance imaging;

    Sammanfattning : Psychopathy is a frequently reported personality trait among violent offenders, and psychopaths have a higher rate of recidivism than inmates without psychopathic features. This systematic review aimed to investigate whether structural brain differences, measured with magnetic resonance imaging, are observed in violent offenders with psychopathy compared to violent offenders without psychopathy or healthy non-violent controls. LÄS MER

  4. 3. The Evil Inside : A Systematic Review of Structural Differences in Psychopathy

    Kandidat-uppsats, Högskolan i Skövde/Institutionen för biovetenskap

    Författare :Diana Rehn Åstrand; Julia Vedin; [2023]
    Nyckelord :psychopathy; PCL-R; structural neuroimaging; prefrontal cortex;

    Sammanfattning : The purpose of this systematic review was to characterize further the structural differences in the prefrontal cortex, limbic and paralimbic regions and amygdala alone in psychopaths. Psychopathy is a multifaceted personality disorder characterized by interpersonal and affective traits like lack of empathy, guilt or remorse, shallow affect, and carelessness, as well as behavioral traits such as impulsivity, and poor behavioral control. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Philosophical Zombies and Moral Responsibility : An Analysis of Whether Philosophical Zombies Would Have Moral Responsibility or Not

    Kandidat-uppsats, Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för kultur och samhälle

    Författare :Rim Winssi; [2022]
    Nyckelord :Philosophical zombies; Consciousness; Moral responsibility; Moral agency; The Tripartite Theory of Responsibility; Attributability; Answerability; Accountability; Psychopaths; AI;

    Sammanfattning : Philosophical zombies are beings that look exactly like humans and behave in the same way as humans do. The only difference between humans and philosophical zombies is that philosophical zombies lack consciousness. This means that they can complain, cry, laugh and say that they are in pain. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Fullblodspsykopater och mörkhyade kriminella element : En språkstudie av deltagartexter om brott på Flashback

    Uppsats för yrkesexamina på grundnivå, Högskolan Väst/Institutionen för individ och samhälle

    Författare :Maria Söderqvist; Anna West; [2022]
    Nyckelord :Språkstudie; forum; Flashback;

    Sammanfattning : Bakgrund: Att kategorisera genom språk är både nödvändigt och oundvikligt. Genom språket kategoriserar vi grupper och skapar normer genom att benämna och värdera skillnader och avvikelser. Tidigare forskning visar att språkliga handlingar andrafierar och kategoriserar individer och grupper i olika sammanhang. LÄS MER