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How are some people able to commit horrible crimes like
serial killings—and actually enjoy doing this?It all comes
down to the old-fashioned concept of empathy—the ability to
put ourselves in someone else's shoes. At one time,
scientists didn't understand how ANYONE was able to do this.Psychologists have identified people they’ve labeled
"sociopaths," who do not have a conscience and are unable to
imagine how other people feel. We know these people are
made, not born, usually by extensive abuse in early
childhood. But how did the rest of us avoid this sad fate?
The answer couldbe mirror neurons.
In 1996, scientists probing the part of a monkey's brain
that controls movement noticed that these cells fired not
only when the monkey performed a task, but also when it saw
the same task performed by another monkey, or a human being
(monkeys are great imitators).
Since these cells reflected
the actions that the monkey observed others doing, they
became known as "mirror neurons." We humans have mirror
neurons as well, and their absence can lead to mental
illness and autism.
We recently posted an article showing that autism is a
result of a form of
heavy metal
poisoning. Autistic children have a genetic defect that
makes them especially vulnerable to this type ofpollution,
which has come to define modern life, since it is given off
in auto exhausts and power plant emissions. Neurologists
have long realized that autism must be a result of something
relatively new in the environment, since it's not a
condition that was described anywhere in the past. It could
be that heavy metal poisoning disrupts the action of the
mirror neurons in our brains.
Dr. Martha Stout has written an important new book about
this subject called "The Sociopath Next Door." She
postulates that it’s not only criminals who don't have a
conscience—many CEOs and politicians may be people
sociopaths as well, who do not have the ability to empathize
with others.Article Source
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