Jove
Visualize
Contact Us
JoVE
x logofacebook logolinkedin logoyoutube logo
ABOUT JoVE
OverviewLeadershipBlogJoVE Help Center
AUTHORS
Publishing ProcessEditorial BoardScope & PoliciesPeer ReviewFAQSubmit
LIBRARIANS
TestimonialsSubscriptionsAccessResourcesLibrary Advisory BoardFAQ
RESEARCH
JoVE JournalMethods CollectionsJoVE Encyclopedia of ExperimentsArchive
EDUCATION
JoVE CoreJoVE BusinessJoVE Science EducationJoVE Lab ManualFaculty Resource CenterFaculty Site
Terms & Conditions of Use
Privacy Policy
Policies

Related Experiment Videos

The development of psychopathy.

R J R Blair1, K S Peschardt, S Budhani

  • 1Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Heath, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD, USA.

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, and Allied Disciplines
|February 24, 2006
PubMed
Summary

Psychopathy has a stronger genetic cause than social factors, leading to emotional dysfunction. This impacts brain regions like the amygdala, affecting behavior and increasing aggression risk.

Related Concept Videos

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by
Same author

Mediating Impact of Intranasal Oxytocin on the Interaction Between Irritability and Reactive Aggression in Youth with Severe Irritability.

Life (Basel, Switzerland)·2025
Same author

Neural Responses to Intranasal Oxytocin in Youths With Severe Irritability.

The American journal of psychiatry·2024
Same author

Author Correction: Psychopharmacological treatment of disruptive behavior in youths: systematic review and network meta-analysis.

Scientific reports·2024
Same author

Psychopharmacological treatment of disruptive behavior in youths: systematic review and network meta-analysis.

Scientific reports·2023
Same author

Differential associations of conduct disorder, callous-unemotional traits and irritability with outcome expectations and values regarding the consequences of aggression.

Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health·2022
Same author

Corrigendum to "Frontal alpha asymmetry moderates the relations between behavioral inhibition and social-effect ERN" [Biological Psychology (2019) 10-16].

Biological psychology·2021

Area of Science:

  • Neuroscience
  • Psychiatry
  • Behavioral Genetics

Background:

  • Psychopathy is a distinct clinical entity, separate from conduct disorder.
  • Understanding its development requires examining multiple causal levels.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review the development of psychopathy.
  • To differentiate psychopathy from conduct disorder.
  • To explore genetic and neural underpinnings.

Main Methods:

  • Review of existing literature on psychopathy.
  • Analysis of genetic, neural, cognitive, and behavioral factors.
  • Examination of developmental pathways.

Main Results:

  • Stronger evidence for genetic than social ultimate causes.

Related Experiment Videos

  • Genetic influence underlies core emotional dysfunction in psychopathy.
  • Neural impacts observed in the amygdala and frontal cortex.
  • Impaired stimulus-reinforcement and contingency learning.
  • Increased risk for reactive aggression.

    • Conclusions:

    • Psychopathy's origins are primarily genetic, affecting emotional processing.
    • Neural disruptions in specific brain regions contribute to psychopathic traits.
    • These impairments hinder socialization and promote aggression.