Psychopaths are often diagnosed with ASPD (Antisocial Personality Disorder). Many Psychopaths have ASPD but not all people who have ASPD are Psychopaths. ASPD is mental disorder wherein the person, who is diagnosed, feels simply no disregard or remorse for anyone. They don’t know how to empathize with others or feel guilt for wrong doing. Psychopaths may have Hyper-Reactive Dopamine Reward System, meaning they have no sense of risk in any situation that would benefit or “pleasure” them. There also may be less brain waves travelling to the Amygdala, which is found in the frontal cortex of the brain and is responsible for processing fear.
Even though they are marked as a Psychopath, that doesn’t automatically mark them as a serial killer. A man by the name of James Fallon, a Neuroscientist, discovered through his studies that he has the brain of Psychopath. “He is researching …show more content…
But, different from stereotypes and misconceptions, they are very, very, different. A sociopath is impulsive and they can choose who they have a conscience for and who they don’t; most generally though, they have a conscience for everyone except strangers and enemies. While a Psychopath has no control, if they even have a conscience for anyone. While not all are serial killers, a Psychopathic killer is controlled, calculated, while a Sociopath makes sloppy mistakes because of their impulsiveness. Psychopaths are more calculated with their choices, and with what move is made