Uncovering the Brain of a Psychopath
17:29 minutes
What makes someone a psychopath? Can these traits be passed through family lines? Neuroscientist James Fallon, and author of The Psychopath Inside: A Neuroscientist’s Personal Journey Into the Dark Side of the Brain, discusses his scientific and personal exploration into the antisocial mind.
Segment Guests
James Fallon
James Fallon is the author of The Psychopath Inside: A Neuroscientist’s Personal Journey into the Dark Side of the Brain (Current, 2013) and a professor of psychiatry and human behavior at the University of California, Irvine in Irvine, California.
Heard on the Air
Read an excerpt from The Psychopath Inside.
Related Links
- The Wall Street Journal: “What’s on Jim Fallon’s Mind? A Family Secret That Has Been Murder to Figure Out”
- TED: “James Fallon—Exploring the Mind of a Killer”
- “Neuroanatomical Background to Understanding the Brain of the Young Psychopath,” by James Fallon
- Publisher’s Weekly: “The Psychopath Inside—A Neuroscientist’s Personal Journey into the Dark Side of the Brain”
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About Alexa Lim
@AlexaLim22Alexa Lim was a senior producer for Science Friday. Her favorite stories involve space, sound, and strange animal discoveries.