Getting into the mind of a psychopath

[GrandizerII]

I see.

I've read about psycopaths and sociopaths in loads of different places and getting a strict definition seems difficult. Sometimes they're used interchangeably, sometimes not.

Must be a bloody easy existence not having a conscience.

Yeah, by no means should what I posted be taken as absolutely true. These are all labels at the end of the day trying to capture something that's there but hard to capture with adequate accuracy.

But nevertheless, interesting study I read about earlier today which showed that, when viewing a bloody violent scene, non-psychopath viewers would show "aroused" or perturbed physiological response to the scene (increased heart rate, breathing, sweating even), whereas psychopaths were physiologically "soothed" by the scene. Disconcertingly interesting.