Haycock, Dean A.,

Murderous minds : exploring the criminal psychopathic brain : neurological imaging and the manifestation of evil / Exploring the criminal psychopathic brain Neurological imaging and the manifestation of evil Dean A. Haycock, Ph. D. - First Pegasus books cloth edition. - xvii, 254 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-242) and index.

Foreword / by Charles C. Ouimet -- Introduction -- 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 -- Epilogue : a little "big science."

"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.

9781605984988 1605984981

W W Norton & Co Inc, Keystone Industrial Park Attn Mike Charnogursky 800 Keystone Industrial Park, Scranton, PA, USA, 18512 SAN 202-5795

2014397010

GBB440698 bnb


Psychology, Pathological.
Psychopaths.
Antisocial personality disorders.
Brain--Physiology.
Criminal behavior.
Criminal psychology.
Forensic neurology.
Antisocial personality disorders.
Brain--Physiology.
Criminal behavior.
Criminal psychology.
Forensic neurology.
Psychology, Pathological.
Psychopaths.

RC555 / .H39 2014

616.85/82

WM 190