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Dr. Hare created one of the most authoritative models for detecting psychopathy.
The relevance of these and other models for understanding psychopathy has yet to be determined.
The model predicts that individuals with psychopathy should present with impairment on any task reliant on the amygdala's role in the formation of stimulus-reinforcement associations.
The claim being made here is not that the amygdala is dysfunctional in individuals with psychopathy.
Growing evidence suggests a genetic contribution to psychopathy.
It is important that the claim here is that there is a genetic contribution to the emotional disorder that is at the heart of psychopathy.
On a theoretical level, these findings could have wider implications for conceptualizations of the psychopathy construct.
This model will be described from the specific perspective of an account of psychopathy.
They cannot be considered a full account of psychopathy, however, as they cannot provide an account of the increased instrumental aggression seen in this population.
