The psychopath inside : a neuroscientist's personal journey into the dark side of the brain / James Fallon.

  • Fallon, James H.
Date:
2013
  • Books

About this work

Description

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.

Publication/Creation

New York : Current, 2013.

Physical description

viii, 246 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-236) and index.

Contents

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?

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  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    BZP (Fallon)
    		Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 1591846005
  • 9781591846000