Psychopathic violent offenders have abnormalities in the parts of the brain related to learning from punishment, according to an MRI study led by Sheilagh Hodgins and Nigel Blackwood

"One in five violent offenders is a psychopath. They have higher rates of recidivism and don't benefit from rehabilitation programmes. Our research reveals why this is and can hopefully improve childhood interventions to prevent violence and behavioural therapies to reduce recidivism," explained Professor Hodgins of the University of Montreal and Institut universitaire en santé mentale de Montréal. "Psychopathic offenders are different from regular criminals in many ways. Regular criminals are hyper-responsive to threat, quick-tempered and aggressive, while psychopaths have a very low response to threats, are cold, and their aggressively is premeditated," added Dr. Nigel Blackwood, who is affiliated with King's College London. "Evidence is now accumulating to show that both types of offenders present abnormal, but distinctive, brain development from a young age."

science daily

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"The truth is incontrovertible.
malice may attack it,
ignorance may deride it,
but in the end,
there it is." -Sir Winston Churchill

Hmmm. Sounds like progs. They keep doing the same thing over and over again even though it fails every time. Women and minorities voted for the PiC the first time, and were punished for it by harsh economic reversals. Yet, they voted for the great destroyer a second time. It would seem, therefore, that progs at least share the traits of psychopaths, if they aren't actual psychopaths.

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I :heart; Q

Name something that gets done over and over again that doesn't work:

Betting on Tpap's presidential picks.............Survey says the number 3 answer.

Tpap's pickup lines with chicks in the bar........Survey says the number 2 answer.

Trickle down economics...................Survey says the NUMBER 1 ANSWER!

Like electing another Republican president?

That worked out sooo well last time!

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I was right.