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1. • • A psychopath is someone whose traits are more innate. A psychopath will be more manipulative but can be seen by others to lead a charming, “normal” life – whereas sociopaths tend to be more erratic, rage-prone, and are unable to keep up the facade of normality.
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   Are psychopaths selfish?

   • We can investigate what is happening inside them as they think, make decisions and react to the world around them. And what we find is that far from being merely selfish, psychopaths suffer from a serious biological defect. Their brains process information differently from those of other people.

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   Is Fallon telling his own version of the Psychopath Inside?

   • Now, however, Fallon is telling his own version of the story. In a new book, The Psychopath Inside (Penguin Group), Fallon takes a hard scientific look at our evolving understanding of psychopathy — through the lens of his own biology and behaviors.

   The devil you know: inside the world of a psychopathic scientist

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   What are the characteristics of a psychopath?

   • Psychopathy, like many other conditions, is a spectrum. Common traits of psychopaths can include things like superficial charm, grandiose sense of self-worth, pathological lying, manipulation, lack of remorse or guilt, lack of empathy, behavioral problems in early life, impulsivity, and shallow affect (reduced emotional responses) to name a few.

   The psychology of psychopathy: An inside look at the psychopathic brain

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   Where does psychopathy come from?

   • Kiehl recently proposed that psychopathy emanates from the paralimbic system, a group of interconnected brain structures that are involved in emotion processing, goal seeking, motivation and self-control.

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   How do psychopaths feel?

   • Psychopaths’ emotions are shallow: they feel irritated when they don’t get their way and turn to risky behaviors for the flimsiest of reasons. Bereft of loyalties and passions, they wander through life, often straying into criminality on a whim—forgeries, thefts, assaults, even murders may be committed out of some trivial impulse.

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   Is psychopathy a personality disorder?

   • Psychopathy is defined as a condition (sometimes referred to as a personality disorder) characterized by the absence of empathy and the bluntness of other affective states. Psychopaths can be highly manipulative, often coming across as typical or even charming.

   The psychology of psychopathy: An inside look at the psychopathic brain

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   Sep 1, 2010 · We can investigate what is happening inside them as they think, make decisions and react to the world around them. And what we find is that far from being merely selfish, psychopaths suffer...

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   Oct 31, 2013 · In a new book, The Psychopath Inside (Penguin Group), Fallon takes a hard scientific look at our evolving understanding of psychopathy — through the lens of his own biology and behaviors.

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   Inside the mind of psychopaths. An illuminating, if not slightly chilling, exploration of what makes a psychopath. Watch now.

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   The Psychopath Inside: A Neuroscientist's Personal Journey into the Dark Side of the Brain - Ebook written by James Fallon. Read this book using Google Play Books app on your PC, android, iOS...

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   “The Psychopath Inside is a deeply compelling personal story of an eminent scien­tist’s discovery of his own psychopathy. Jim Fallon confesses the sins of his biology and in doing so receives the absolution of being human.

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   Oct 28, 2014 · The Psychopath Inside: A Neuroscientist's Personal Journey into the Dark Side of the Brain. James Fallon. Penguin, Oct 28, 2014 - Psychology - 256 pages. “Compelling, essential...