The Psychopath Inside (21 page)

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abuse, childhood,
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–98,
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106
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107
–8,
116
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147
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153
–54,
214
,
225

acetyl,
96

addiction, addictive behavior,
77
,
83
,
105
,
122
,
175
,
181
,
204
,
208

adenine (A),
73

ADHD,
17
,
46
,
80

adolescence:

of author,
26
–33,
116
,
132
,
164
,
207
,
210

brain development in,
51
,
55
,
99
,
116
–19,
119

adolescent conduct disorder,
97

adrenal cortex,
100

affective factor,
12
–13,
18

Africa,
115
–16,
142
–44,
152
,
154
–59,
167

aggression,
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86
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108
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123
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127
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134
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140
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175
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206
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author's family history of,
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–72,
86
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90
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92
,
105
,
108
–13,
221

gene for,
see
warrior gene

in men vs. women,
80
–82

agnosia,
51

agnostics,
164
,
176

alcoholism,
82
,
96

alcohol use, by author,
34
–37,
140
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180
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200
,
204

alpha wave coherence,
171
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172

Alzheimer's disease,
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3
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62
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72
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82
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163
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170

Amen, Daniel,
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57

amygdala,
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58
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60
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61
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83
–84,
101
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106
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123
–25,
144
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165
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182

androgen,
86

anger,
80
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83
–84,
137
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140
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184
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200
–210

anhedonia,
178

anterior cingulate,
58
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59
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60
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61
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84
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118
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146

anterior cortex,
50
,
52
–54,
148

Anthony (colleague),
43
–44

antisocial behavior,
52
,
81
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97
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113
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190
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194
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225

antisocial factor,
13
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16
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18

antisocial personality disorder,
9
–10,
13
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17
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113
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181

anxiety,
60
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83
,
96
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102
,
123
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183
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184
,
215
–16

Arnsten, Amy,
113
–14,
182

asthma,
22
,
35
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131
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175
,
211

attention,
49
,
123

aurora borealis,
185
–90

autism,
55
,
121
,
148

bad boys,
6
,
223

Bale, Christian,
14

Baron-Cohen, Simon,
84
,
145

basal ganglia,
56
,
123

baseball,
109
–10,
140

base pairs,
72
–73,
76
,
88

Beaver, Kevin,
81

bed-wetting,
102

behavioral factor,
13
,
18

behavioral redemption plan, author's,
202
–12

benign familial tremor,
33
,
34

Berbers and Bedouins,
115
–16

bipolar disorder,
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78
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100
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101
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106
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148
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169
–86

of author,
171
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173
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176
–79,
181
–82,
187

principal types of,
179

blind studies,
46
–47

Bloom, Floyd,
47

body symmetry,
28
–29

Bohrer, Dave,
65
–68

Bondevik, Kjell Magne,
170

bonding,
113
,
127

Borden, Lizzie,
68
,
107

borderline personality disorder,
148
,
181

brain:

of author,
116
–19,
122
–26,
140
–41,
169
–86

and empathy,
141
–53

fetal development of,
79
–80

brain damage,
41
,
50
–51,
55
,
59
,
214

in childhood,
98

stem cells and,
45
–46

brain-derived neurotropic factor (BDNF),
183

brain function,
11
,
44
,
78
–80,
122
–26

author's commitment to,
41

of Libertarians,
163
–64

overview of,
47
–57

psychopathic,
45
,
57
–62,
58
,
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–80,
82
–85,
90
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107
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114
–15,
125

brain hemispheres,
49
–54,
50
,
124
,
148

brain scans,
43
–44,
126
–29

author's predictions using,
162
–63

of psychopaths,
1
–2,
19
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44
–45,
57
–60,
59
,
106

brain scans, author's,
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–3,
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–64,
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–19,
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–26,
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146
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–50,
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assessment of others on,
113
–15,
171
,
182

author's dismissal and denial in,
19
–20,
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,
65
,
88
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89
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106
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110
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113
,
169
,
172

brain stem,
56

brain structure,
47
–57

maturation of,
55
,
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–101,
116
–17,
119
,
120

terminology of,
47

warrior gene and,
81

Brunner, Han,
80

Buckholtz, Joshua,
83

California, University of, Irvine (UCI),
4
,
9
,
19
,
41
,
43
,
87
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154
,
189

Carlin, George,
66

Caspi, Avshalom,
80
–81,
97
,
103
,
108

catatonia,
178

catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT),
53
,
100

Catholic Boy of the Year,
4
,
30
,
40
,
210

Catholicism:

author's abandonment of,
40
,
126
,
134
–35,
176
,
207
,
210

author's background of,
23
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32
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37
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133

author's early obsession with,
4
,
28
–32,
43
,
116
–18,
175
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207

character, personality vs.,
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–88

charisma, charm,
14
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15
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16
,
36
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114
,
159
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225

charity,
165
–67

Charly,
18
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39
–40,
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–94

childhood,
102
–6,
225
–26

abuse in,
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–98,
104
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106
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107
–8,
116
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147
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153
–54,
214
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225

of author,
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–26,
42
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102
–3,
130
–31,
173
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185
–86,
207
,
225

brain development in,
55

“fourth trimester” in,
98

neurological impairment in,
165
–66

predicting based on,
128

psychopathy in,
21
,
101
–2

theory of mind in,
148

chromosomes,
72
–73,
76
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81
–82,
88
,
116

Clare, Gilbert de,
70

Clinton, Bill,
161
–62

cocaine,
82

cognition,
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123

emotional vs. unemotional,
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–55,
56

cold cognition,
54
–55,
57
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119
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119
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146
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163
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215

college, author's years at,
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–41,
100
–101,
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–36,
185

comorbidity,
17
,
181
–82,
185

conscientious objectors,
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–72

Cornell, Alvin,
68

Cornell, Ezra,
67

Cornell, Hannah,
68

Cornell, Rebecca,
67
–68

Cornell, Thomas,
67
–68,
89

Cornell family,
see
Fallon family, history of;
specific individuals

corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH),
83
,
103
,
145

cortisol,
96
,
100
,
215
–16

Craig, John,
162

Crane, Elaine Forman,
67

creative output,
180
–81,
182
–83

criminality,
13
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16
,
97

criminal justice system,
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16
,
19
,
45
,
129
,
162
,
220

Criminal Minds,
109
,
111
–12

“Crisis in the Hot Zone” (Preston),
157

cutosine (C),
73

cystic fibrosis,
74

Dark Knight, The,
223

Dau,
165
–66

deceitfulness,
12
,
19
,
225

decision making, dualistic circuits in,
123
–25

deep brain stimulation (DBS),
175

Dees, Rick,
66

default mode network,
125

delusions,
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179
,
184

depression,
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–76,
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82
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87
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105
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–70,
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–78,
183

of author,
30
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172
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173
–76

brain circuitry of,
48
,
48
,
163
,
174
–75

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
(DSM),
9
–10

diploid cells,
72
–73

Discovery Channel,
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–16,
126

diseases, disorders vs.,
10
–11

DNA,
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–73,
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,
82
,
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116

in epigenetics,
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–96

junk,
77
,
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“Do It” and “Don't Do It” channels,
56
–57

dopamine,
53
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56
–57,
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74
–75,
78
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86
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99
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100
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dorsal stream,
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–55,
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101
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118
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119
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120
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121
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122
–25,
124
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