After their bout with COVID, Tom and Amielle are back and talking about a little discipline with big notions called evolutionary psychology. How did some of these endeavoring scientists test if psychopathy is a mental disorder or an unconventional life strategy? Turns out you ask one simple question; Vladimir Putin or Ned Flanders? Also wild male adult atlantic walruses.

After their bout with COVID, Tom and Amielle are back and talking about a little discipline with big notions called evolutionary psychology. How did some of these endeavoring scientists test if psychopathy is a mental disorder or an unconventional life strategy? Turns out you ask one simple question; Vladimir Putin or Ned Flanders? Also wild male adult atlantic walruses.


Links

Is Psychopathy a Mental Disorder or an Adaptation? Evidence From a Meta-Analysis of the Association Between Psychopathy and Handedness (Pullman et al., 2021)
Prevalence and correlates of psychopathic traits in the household population of Great Britain (Coid, J., Yang et al., 2009)
Cognitive Control Promotes Either Honesty or Dishonesty, Depending on One’s Moral Default (Speer et al., 2021)
“When Flanders Failed.” The Simpsons, created by Matt Groening, season 3, episode 3, Gracie Films in association with 20th Century Fox Television, 1991.

Amielle: @CurlsPhD and @TroubleheliXX
Leah: @HoxInSocks

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