Most people still believe that some survivors can be found; the government's announcement seems premature, and, in light of the possibility that some people may remain alive — just — somewhat callous.
Most researchers who study callous-unemotional children, however, remain optimistic that the right treatment could not only change behavior but also teach a kind of intellectual morality, one that isn't merely a smokescreen.
However the effects of altered cortisol levels remain poorly understood in the complex context of conduct disorder, callous-unemotional (CU) personality traits, and frequent comorbidities, such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
But even given the sluggish economic recovery, Republicans who vehemently oppose the proposal run the risk of looking callous at a time when millions of Americans work but remain poor.
THE intricacies of voodoo, while known to a few practitioners in the United States, remain a mystery to most of us, often inspiring a kind of wild unease coupled with callous dismissiveness.
His South African roots might also explain why he can remain so measured in the face of traditional Ashes hysteria, but Trott is rightly suspicious of anyone who dismisses him as a callous mercenary.
Comparative studies have suggested that callous unemotional traits are associated with a selective impairment in affective domains (for example the ability to care about another's feelings), whereas cognitive domains (for example the ability to understand what another is thinking; theory of mind) remain unaffected.
He doesn't let up: his is a very British kind of comic brinkmanship, remaining in character and nerve-rackingly callous until the audience surrenders.
When associations were covaried for both conduct problems and autism severity, associations between peer problems and prosocial behaviour and callous unemotional traits remained significant.
When full-scale IQ was controlled for, the relationship between callous unemotional traits and fear recognition remained significant (β = −0.24, P = 0.04).
When conduct problems were accounted for, the associations with peer-relationship problems and prosocial behaviour remained significant but hyperactivity was no longer associated with callous unemotional traits.
