Resources
The corporate psychopaths theory of the global financial crisis. (2011)
"psychopaths in corporations … had a major part in causing the crisis. Their rise has been facilitated by changes in the way people are employed, particularly in the last third...
Executive personality, capability cues, and risk taking: how narcissistic CEOs react to their successes and stumbles. (2011)
"research into responses to objective performance vs social praise... provides new insights about the antecedents of executives’ confidence." Arijit Chatterjee, assistant professor, Ecole Superieure des Sciences Economiques et Commerciales (ESSEC),...
Research Café 1 – overview. 2011. In conjunction with the Brain Mind Forum
The Daedalus Trust hosted its first Research Café on October 7th 2011 at Magdalen College in collaboration with the Brain Mind Forum. The purpose of the event was to bring...
Share traders more reckless than psychopaths, study shows. (2011)
"What makes individual stockbrokers blow billions in financial markets with criminal trading schemes? It may be because share traders behave more recklessly and are more manipulative than psychopaths. Spiegel...
Narcissistic personality disorder: a clinical perspective. (2011)
"This article highlights some of the seemingly incompatible clinical presentations of narcissistic traits and NPD, especially as they co-occur with depressivity and perfectionism, and it discusses implications for building a...
Psychiatry and politicians: the ‘hubris syndrome’. (2011)
"Lord Owen has provided psychiatrists and other physicians with useful guidance on how to recognise the appearance of hubris syndrome in persons who hold positions of power. He has also provided...
Prof Paul Fletcher (2011): directions for neuroscientific research
The challenge now is to begin to understand how lower level mental processes manifest themselves in higher order decisions and behaviour, particularly sub-optimal behaviours Paul Fletcher, Bernard Wolfe Professor of...
Effects of expectation on placebo-induced dopamine release in Parkinson disease. (Aug 2010)
"The anticipation of therapeutic benefit in response to placebo administration has been likened to the expectation of reward, particularly in patients with a chronic debilitating illness who have already experienced...
Research on power teaches why Blagojevich did what he did (…and why he might get away with It). (2010)
"The powerful often egregiously overstep sacred bounds of public and private trust, only to be consistently forgiven. This "power tango" is driven by a unique brew of intoxication. Adam...
Meltdown: The end of the age of greed. (2010)
The financial meltdown of 2008 “was the product of giant hubris and the untrammelled power of the financial elite.” Paul Mason, journalist, broadcaster, visiting professor University of Wolverhampton Publisher: Verso...