The language of psychopaths: A systematic review

Abstract Psychopathy is a personality disorder associated with the manipulation of others and with impulsive, irresponsible and antisocial behaviour. This systematic review of literature focuses on the language of psychopathy. PsycInfo (CSA), Medline, Science Direct, ProQuest, PubMed and other datab...

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Published in:Aggression and violent behavior 2016-03, Vol.27, p.50-54
Main Author: de Almeida Brites, José
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Antisocial behavior
Antisocial personality disorder
Competence
Language
Manipulation
Medical diagnosis
Morphemes
Neuropsychological aspects
Neuropsychology
Personality disorders
Psychiatry
Psychopathy
Systematic review
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Summary:Abstract Psychopathy is a personality disorder associated with the manipulation of others and with impulsive, irresponsible and antisocial behaviour. This systematic review of literature focuses on the language of psychopathy. PsycInfo (CSA), Medline, Science Direct, ProQuest, PubMed and other databases have been searched through key terms such as language, psychopathy and neuropsychological aspects. So, research suggests that individuals diagnosed with psychopathy recognize the internal structure of the words and their principles, and the processes that regulate their morphological configuration. In other words, the phonetic competence allows individuals with psychopathy to: identify and create new words, and observe the respective combinatorial rules that help recognize sounds outside system; select appropriate settings for different realizations of each phoneme; and choose morphemes for words that have never been heard.
ISSN:1359-1789
1873-6335
DOI:10.1016/j.avb.2016.02.009