Edition |
First Pegasus Books cloth edition. |
Description |
xvii, 254 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-242) and index. |
Contents |
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 -- A little "big science." |
Summary |
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. |
Subject |
Psychology, Pathological.
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Psychopaths.
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Antisocial personality disorders.
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Brain -- Physiology.
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Criminal behavior.
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Criminal psychology.
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Forensic neurology.
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ISBN |
9781605984988: $27.95 |
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1605984981 |
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9781605986951 15.95 |
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160598695X 15.95 |
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