The Psychopath Inside by James Fallon.epub

The Psychopath Inside: A Neuroscientist's Personal Journey Into the Dark Side of the Brain (Professor James H. Fallon, PhD), 2013

For his first 58 years, James Fallon was by all appearances a normal man. A successful neuroscientist and professor, he had been raised in a loving family, married his school sweetheart and had three kids and lots of friends. Then he learned a shocking truth that would not only disrupt his personal and professional life, but would lead him to question the very nature of his own identity. While researching serial killers, he uncovered a pattern in their brain scans that helped explain their cold and violent behaviour. Astonishingly, his own scan matched that pattern. And a few months later he learned that he was descended from a long line of murderers. Fallon set out to reconcile the truth about his own brain with everything he knew as a scientist about the mind, behaviour and personality.

About the Author
James H. "Jim" Fallon (born 18 October 1947) is an American neuroscientist. He is professor of psychiatry and human behavior and emeritus professor of anatomy and neurobiology in the University of California, Irvine School of Medicine. His research interests include adult stem cells, chemical neuroanatomy and circuitry, higher brain functions, and brain imaging.