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Very interesting point.

In fighter training, we were always cautioned about, “Getting Your Fangs Out.” When you get so intent on completing an action – a kill – you lose the perspective of what is really important, say flying the jet. That also is a relevant description of “Target Fixation.” I guess when we speak of “The RED MIST” similar psychological things must be happening. If this is what you are referring to – I bet parallels could easily be drawn.

There are a couple of good books on combat and killing, written from these psychological perspectives by Lt Col Dave Grossman. Both are good and should be required for all combat personnel (IMHO.) http://www.killology.com/book_oncombat_summary.htm

Cognition and Arousal are two components that can be easily described and for a deeper look – you could check out the Changing Minds web pages Nice 4 Box diagram [Four Battle Personalities] that may have some useful information on the subject: http://changingminds.org/disciplines/warfare/articles/battle_personality.htm

Sure, there aren't direct correlations - but may be indicative of enough similarities to continue/spark more discussion.

No, I’m not a psychologist, but personality typing, learning, training, and Human Factors are a keen interests of mine – especially when wrapped in high stress environments {My masters work was on Human Factors in Air-to-Air Combat- unpublished}

More Discussion? Hope so. Maybe something from "Think Fast" or the Bentley Series fits in here too?