Publications [#287871] of Carl J. Erickson

Journal Articles

1. Erickson, CJ (1995). Sociopathy and sociobiology: Biological units and behavioral units. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 18(3), 555. (A commentary on L. Mealey's "The Sociobiology of Sociopathy: An Integrated Evolutionary Model"). [Gateway.cgi], [doi]
   (last updated on 2025/06/16)

   Abstract:
   Behavioral biologists have long sought to link behavioral units (e.g., aggression, depression, sociopathy) with biological units (e.g., genes, neurotransmitters, hormones, neuroanatomical loci). These units, originally contrived for descriptive purposes, often lead to misunderstandings when they are reified for purposes of causal analysis. This genetic and biochemical explanation for sociopathy reflects such problems.