Murderous Minds: Exploring the Criminal Psychopathic Brain: Neurological Imaging and the Manifestation of Evil
by Dean A. Haycock 
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"Part true crime, part neuroscience and a page-turner from start to finish," this is a look at the biology behind violent psychopathic behavior (Kirkus Reviews). How many times have you seen a murder on the news or on a TV show like CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, and said to yourself, "How could someone do something like that?" Today, neuroscientists are imaging, mapping, testing and dissecting the source of the worst behavior imaginable in the brains of the people who lack a conscience: show more psychopaths. Neuroscientist Dean Haycock examines the behavior of real life psychopaths and discusses how their actions can be explained in scientific terms, from research that literally looks inside their brains to understanding how psychopaths, without empathy but very goal-oriented, think and act the way they do. Some don't commit crimes at all, but rather make use of their skills in the boardroom. But what does this mean for lawyers, judges, psychiatrists, victims, and readers--for anyone who has ever wondered how some people can be so bad. Could your nine-year-old be a psychopath? What about your co-worker? The ability to recognize psychopaths using the scientific method has vast implications for society, and yet is still loaded with consequences. show lessTags
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Another great true crime anthology from Ryan Becker. This time there were 6 different stories, each of them different than the rest. I found each one of them to be well written and well researched. He gave good backgrounds - not too much information to make you bored, but enough to understand the killer in the story. I had heard of a couple of these, but not all, and I loved that. He gave us stories that we had not heard about before. I really liked this book, just as I have enjoyed all of his books. I highly recommend it!
The author did admit that there are very samll studies on the subject of psychopathy. This is an area still in its infancy.
The headings did not match what he was discussing. That mismatch was misleading. It was very dense for such a short book. He does cover quite a few different aspects of the subject such as nuture vs nature.
The headings did not match what he was discussing. That mismatch was misleading. It was very dense for such a short book. He does cover quite a few different aspects of the subject such as nuture vs nature.
Exploring the psychopathic brain
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Dean A. Haycock is a science and medical writer living in New York. He earned a PhD in neurobiology from Brown University and a fellowship at the Rockefeller University. The results of his research conducted in both academia and in the pharmaceutical industry have been published in a variety of journals.
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- 616.8582 — Applied science & technology Medicine & health Diseases, Allergies, Skin Conditions Nervous Disorders: Autism, Anorexia, OCD Miscellaneous Personality, sexual, gender-identity, impulse-control, factitious, developmental, learning disorders; violent behavior; mental retardation Antisocial personality disorders, family violence and abuse
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- RC555 .H39 — Medicine Internal medicine Internal medicine Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry Psychiatry Psychopathology Personality disorders. Behavior problems
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