The psychopath inside : a neuroscientist's personal journey into the dark side of the brain / James Fallon
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Current, 2013Description: viii, 246 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 9781591846000; 1591846005Subject(s): Fallon, James H | Neurosciences -- Research | Psychopaths | Brain -- Physiology | Neuropsychology | Antisocial personality disorders | Serial murderers | EmpathyLOC classification: RC555 | .F35 2013Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-236) and index
What is a psychopath? -- Evil brewing -- The brain of a killer -- Bloodlines -- A third leg to stand on -- Going public -- Love and other abstractions -- A party in my brain -- Can you change a psychopath? -- Why do psychopaths exist?
A compelling career memoir by an award-winning neuroscientist describes how while studying his own family's brain scans for research he made the disturbing discovery that his own reflected a pattern he recognized from those in the brains of serial killers, a finding that offered new insights into the role of biology in behavior
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