Brain unpicked: what makes a child psychopathic? | Abigail Marsh

Damage to the amygdala, not bad parenting, is to blame for psychopathic children, believes Abigail MarshThe concept of a psychopathic child makes people queasy. The two categories seem incompatible. Children, even badly behaved ones, are viewed as maintaining some fundamental innocence, whereas psychopaths are seen as fundamentally depraved. Neither stereotype is totally true. Children, just like adults, are capable of cruelty and violence, and even highly psychopathic people are not cruel or vi