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Psychopath Inside

James H. Fallon

  • 246 pages · about 4 hours
  • First published 2013
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1 About this book

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.

  • Neuropsychology
  • Serial murderers
  • Neurosciences
  • Psychology, pathological
  • Scientists, biography
  • Brain
  • Empathy
  • Antisocial personality disorders

2 About James H. Fallon

Born 1947

James H. Fallon (October 18, 1947 – November 20, 2023) was an American neuroscientist. He was professor of psychiatry and human behavior and emeritus professor of anatomy and neurobiology in the University of California, Irvine School of Medicine. His research interests included adult stem cells, chemical neuroanatomy and circuitry, higher brain functions, and brain imaging.

Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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