Psychopath inside
by James H. Fallon · first published 2013
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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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…entirely to his credit. As such, he could have just described "predatory behavior". There is popular material available on psychopathy and socipathy written by subject matter experts. For example "The Psychopath Inside: A Neuroscientist's Personal Journey into the Dark Side of the Brain" by James Fallon is written by a neuroscientist who accidentally discovers he is a psychopath.
on “John Carmack: My Steve Jobs Stories” ↗…Band1" - Jürgen Habermas (started Band 2 Book 2 month ago) - "Super-Brain" Deepak Chopra, Rudolph E. Tanzi - ( uhhh... you need to find a better book, but easy to read) - "Der Pychopath in mir -engl.:The Psychopath Inside" - James Fallon (nice Book - found some Psychopath around me and give them hinds now not to stumble)
on “Ask HN: Books you read in 2015?” ↗…writers he has duped over the years.) [1] http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1278889... [2] http://www.ted.com/talks/jim_fallon_exploring_the_mind_of_a_... [3] http://www.amazon.com/The-Psychopath-Inside-Neuroscientists-... [4] http://neurocritic.blogspot.com/2013/01/the-ethics-of-public...
on “The Neuroscientist Who Discovered He Was a Psychopath” ↗In the book The Psychopath Inside, the author posits that psychopathy arises when an unlucky person inherits too many of the related traits, and that on their own those traits provide an advantage (or at least no negative effect) for…
on “The Prehistoric Psychopath” ↗