'Female psychopaths process moral judgements differently than male psychopaths'

kalibex

Dagobah Resident
Participants were rated for severity of psychopathy and their brain activity was monitored while they viewed emotional, moral, and non-emotional pictures. For example, participants would view a drunk driver (immoral), an angry driver (emotional), or a normal driver (non-emotional).

Just as in male psychopaths, female psychopaths showed reduced emotional processing activity in the amygdala and anterior cingulate cortex. Unlike males, however, female psychopaths in this study also showed reduced responses to morally-sensitive images in their right temporoparietal junction, an area of the brain linked to one’s sense of justice and the attribution of intentions.

http://www.psypost.org/2015/06/female-psychopaths-process-moral-judgements-differently-than-male-psychopaths-35087
 
Very interesting kalibex, thank you.

Btw., there's another tread about female psychopathy here: https://cassiopaea.org/forum/index.php/topic,33693.0.html
 
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