Psychology.

What’s Going On In A Narcissistic Brain?

Neurobiological explanations for narcissism.

Write Mind Matters
5 min readApr 9, 2022

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Source: Kaitlyn Griffith.

When we understand the neurobiological differences between a person with and without a personality disorder, we can isolate potential causes and treatment opportunities.

“Early life intervention also offers hope of preventing dysfunction associated with abuse, neglect and adversity that in many instances are-direct normal brain and mind trajectories toward personality disorder.” — Dragan M. Svrakic & Charles F. Zorumski.

Because narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) often leads to interpersonal dysfunction, the social brain is of particular interest; the temporal-parietal junction, posterior superior temporal sulcus, medial prefrontal cortex, anterior cingulate cortex, amygdala, and interrelated regions.

I recently shared a story highlighting studies and behaviours that suggest narcissists know they’re narcissistic:

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