The Psychopath Inside A Neuroscientist's Person

“Compelling，essentialreadingforunderstandingtheunderpinningsofpsychopathy.”—M.E.Thomas，authorofConfessionsofaSociopathForhisfirstfifty-eightyears，JamesFallonwasbyallappearancesanormalguy.Asuccessfulneuroscientistandprofessor，he’dbeenraisedinalovingfamily，marriedhishighschoolsweetheart，andhadthreekidsandlotsoffriends.Thenhelearnedashockingtruththatwouldnotonlydisrupthispersonalandprofessionallife，butwouldleadhimtoquestiontheverynatureofhisownidentity.Whileresearchingserialkillers，heuncoveredapatternintheirbrainscansthathelpedexplaintheircoldandviolentbehavior.Astonishingly，hisownscanmatchedthatpattern.Andafewmonthslaterhelearnedthathewasdescendedfromalonglineofmurderers.Fallonsetouttoreconcilethetruthabouthisownbrainwitheverythingheknewasascientistaboutthemind，behavior，andpersonality.