Could a brain scan diagnose you as a psychopath? | Chris Chambers | Science | The Guardian - 0 views
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Society is intrigued by psychopaths, at least from a distance. Hollywood paints them as powerful and emotionless predators – a small few who have embraced their inner dark passengers.
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Psychopathy is of course a very real disorder and a lot more complex than portrayed on film.
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What Fallon found was his own scan, which appeared to show reduced activity in a part of the brain associated with empathy. Based on this, and some genetic tests, Fallon concluded that he himself was a psychopath
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