Psychopath inside
Subtitle: a neuroscientist's personal journey into the dark side of the brain
By: James H. Fallon
Publisher: Current/Penguin Books; Current
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 246
ISBN-13: 9781591846000
Subjects: Brain; Empathy; Neuropsychology; Serial murderers; Antisocial personality disorders; Psychopaths; Physiology
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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.