Murderous minds : exploring the criminal psychopathic brain : neurological imaging and the manifestation of evil /
Haycock, Dean A.,author.
Presents the findings of a neuroscientist who has spent time imaging, mapping, testing, and dissecting the brains of psychopaths--people who lack a conscience or empathy--and discusses what motivates them and makes them act as they do.  --Publsihers description.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-242) and index.
Presents the findings of a neuroscientist who has spent time imaging, mapping, testing, and dissecting the brains of psychopaths--people who lack a conscience or empathy--and discusses what motivates them and makes them act as they do.  --Publsihers description.
Who would do something like this? -- Kunlangeta, psychopaths, and sociopaths : does the label matter? -- What does brain imaging see? -- A problem just behind the forehead -- Troubling developments and genes -- Back again? Predicting bad behavior -- Missing fear and empathy -- Successful, unsuccessful, and other types of psychopaths -- Could you become a psychopath? -- Could your child be a budding psychopath? -- Why do we have to deal with these people? Explaining criminal psychopaths to juries and Darwinists -- Epilogue. A little "big science."
Psychology, Pathological.
Psychopaths.
Antisocial personality disorders.
Brain
Criminal behavior.
Criminal psychology.
Forensic neurology.