Is ‘psychopathy’ inherently an ableist slur? No. The works of Robert Hare and Kent Kiehl, among others, have shown repeatedly that the neurology of those classified as psychopaths is different than those that merely have Antisocial Personality Disorder. The areas of the brain controlling affective empathy, impulse control, and emotional memory are different in these […]
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Published on February 10, 2016 10:39