In the article “The Making of a Serial Killer,” Director of the Brogard Lab for Multisensory Research Berit Brogaard theorizes on the possible causes of psychopathy and its relation to the brain and genetics. Berit Brogaard explains what abnormalities cause psychopathic characteristics to show up in people and how most crimes are actually more often committed by people who are psychotic. The author also brings up various genetic diseases that correlate with psychopathy to further help understand what traits are responsible in the thought process of psychopaths leading to becoming serial killers. Furthermore, The author uses lots of research information from universities which has been tested thoroughly and is used as evidence for understanding the makings of a serial killer.
After analyzing the article I enjoyed how thoroughly every medical condition was explained and how well informed the article was. Another great feature of this article was the spectrum of evidence …show more content…
Berit Brogaard connects his statements in a very effective way, he distinguishes psychopaths and psychotics when stating, “Psychotics and psychopaths can have traits in common, such as blunted emotions, but they differ in terms of whether they are in touch with reality. Psychopaths are calculating and manipulative but they do not suffer from hallucinations or delusions.” The following statement is very effective because it addresses both psychopaths and psychotics and then separates them with an explanation for why they are different. From my knowledge I can conclude that almost all of the authors claims are valid and accurate. The author claims that the Minnesota Twin Study led
After analyzing the article I enjoyed how thoroughly every medical condition was explained and how well informed the article was. Another great feature of this article was the spectrum of evidence …show more content…
Berit Brogaard connects his statements in a very effective way, he distinguishes psychopaths and psychotics when stating, “Psychotics and psychopaths can have traits in common, such as blunted emotions, but they differ in terms of whether they are in touch with reality. Psychopaths are calculating and manipulative but they do not suffer from hallucinations or delusions.” The following statement is very effective because it addresses both psychopaths and psychotics and then separates them with an explanation for why they are different. From my knowledge I can conclude that almost all of the authors claims are valid and accurate. The author claims that the Minnesota Twin Study led