| | There are a few studies showing a positive correlation between psychopahy and irreligion (see: [[Atheism and psychopathy]]).<ref>[http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0149989 Why Do You Believe in God? Relationships between Religious Belief, Analytic Thinking, Mentalizing and Moral Concern] by Anthony Ian Jack , Jared Parker Friedman, Richard Eleftherios Boyatzis, Scott Nolan Taylor, ''Plus One'', March 23, 2016</ref><ref>[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4106400/ Correlates of psychopathic personality traits in everyday life: results from a large community survey] by Scott O. Lilienfeld, Robert D. Latzman, Ashley L. Watts, Sarah F. Smith, and Kevin Dutton, ''Frontiers of Psychology'', 2014</ref> | | There are a few studies showing a positive correlation between psychopahy and irreligion (see: [[Atheism and psychopathy]]).<ref>[http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0149989 Why Do You Believe in God? Relationships between Religious Belief, Analytic Thinking, Mentalizing and Moral Concern] by Anthony Ian Jack , Jared Parker Friedman, Richard Eleftherios Boyatzis, Scott Nolan Taylor, ''Plus One'', March 23, 2016</ref><ref>[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4106400/ Correlates of psychopathic personality traits in everyday life: results from a large community survey] by Scott O. Lilienfeld, Robert D. Latzman, Ashley L. Watts, Sarah F. Smith, and Kevin Dutton, ''Frontiers of Psychology'', 2014</ref> |
| − | There are [[medical science|medical scientists]] and [[social science|social scientists]] who theorize that psychopathy is a medical condition caused by genetic defects (caused by accumulated mutations within a given population).<ref>[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2933872/ The Psycho Gene] by Philip Hunter, EMBO Rep. 2010 Sep; 11(9): 667–669.</ref><ref>[http://aglenn.people.ua.edu/uploads/1/4/1/8/14182546/glenn_avb_2011.pdf Glenn, A.L., Kurzban, R., & Raine, A. (2011). Evolutionary Theory and Psychopathy. Aggression and Violent Behavior, 16, 371-380]</ref> | + | There are [[medical science|medical scientists]] and [[social science|social scientists]] who theorize that psychopathy is a medical condition caused by genetic defects (caused by accumulated mutations within a given population).<ref>[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2933872/ The Psycho Gene] by Philip Hunter, EMBO Rep. 2010 Sep; 11(9): 667–669.</ref><ref>[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2242349/ Psychopathic personality traits: heritability and genetic overlap with internalizing and externalizing psychopathology] by DANIEL M. BLONIGEN,* BRIAN M. HICKS, ROBERT F. KRUEGER, CHRISTOPHER J. PATRICK, and WILLIAM G. IACONO, Psychol Med. 2005 May; 35(5): 637–648.</ref><ref>[http://aglenn.people.ua.edu/uploads/1/4/1/8/14182546/glenn_avb_2011.pdf Glenn, A.L., Kurzban, R., & Raine, A. (2011). Evolutionary Theory and Psychopathy. Aggression and Violent Behavior, 16, 371-380]</ref> |