Author:
Haycock, Dean A. author.
Edition Statement:First Pegasus Books cloth edition.
Imprint:New York : Pegasus Books, 2014.
Descriptionxvii, 254 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Note: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."
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-242) and index.
Note:"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."-- Publisher's description.
