CAN YOU SMELL A PSYCHO?
by Lisa Rollins
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posted Sep 24 2012 6:06AM
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People with psychopathic tendencies -- callousness, manipulation and anti-social behaviors -- apparently have an impaired sense of smell. Australian researchers said studies showed people with psychopathic traits have impaired functioning in the front part of the brain -- the area largely responsible for functions such as planning, impulse control and acting in accordance with social norms. Their study, published in the journal Chemosensory Perception, found individuals who scored highly on psychopathic traits were more likely to struggle to both identify smells and tell the difference between smells, even though they knew they were smelling something. (UPI)
So, the nose knows?
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