Pervasive developmental psychopathology, specifically the DSM-IV-TR [2] autism spectrum Asperger’s Disorder, has been implicated in the psychopathology of a subset of serial murderers [3] . The current study uses the BRACE Character Profile™ to analyze the relationship of Asperger’s Disorder to the general criminal population, psychopaths, and serial homicide. ...

"Every era has its dangerous ideas. For millennia, the monotheistic religions have persecuted countless heresies, together with nuisances from science such as geocentrism, biblical archeology, and the theory of evolution. We can be thankful that the punishments have changed from torture and mutilation to the canceling of grants and the writing of vituperative reviews. But intellectual intimidation, whether by sword or by pen, inevitably shapes the ideas that are taken seriously in a given era, and the rear-view mirror of history presents us with a warning." -- Steven Pinker, 2007

If you were to walk up to any stranger and ask if they could detect a lie, there is a high probability that you would receive an affirmative answer. Research however indicates that our ability to detect a lie is no better than chance. Still, we persist and in a sense the criminal trial system reflects just how tenaciously we hold to this mythological belief.

Nobody Nowhere, by Donna Williams, is a first hand account of struggling with autism--where language and emotion are disconnected, and where physical pain is experienced in response to stress.