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insula,
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intermediate stream,
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–54

interpersonal factor,
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IQ,
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,
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irresponsibility,
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–13,
14

Irwin, Florence Scoma (Aunt Flo),
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,
62
,
132

Jack, Anthony,
125
–26

Jamison, Kay Redfield,
182

Jews, persecution of,
70

John Lackland, king of England,
69

Kennedy, John F., assassination of,
151
–52

Kenya, author's research in,
142
–44

Kiehl, Kent,
60
,
220

Killed Strangely: The Death of Rebecca Cornell
(Crane),
65
–68

King John: England's Evil King?
(Turner),
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Kissinger, Henry,
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Kissinger, Walter,
51

Kitum Caves,
155
–58

Landau, Lev,
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language, brain function in,
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Lecter, Hannibal (character),
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,
19

letters, criticism of author in,
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–96

Libertarians,
40
–41,
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brain circuits and genetics of,
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–65

limbic system,
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love,
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romantic,
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–35,
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lying,
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Macciardi, Fabio,
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–10,
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McClintock, Barbara,
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McDermott, Rose,
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Macdonald, John,
102

Madoff, Bernie,
218
–19

magical thinking,
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,
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major depressive disorder (MDD),
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,
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males:

as psychopaths,
15
–16,
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warrior gene in,
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–82,
97

mania,
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,
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,
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–79,
182

manic-depression,
see
bipolar disorder

manipulation,
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–37,
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–55,
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–18,
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MAOA (gene),
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–74,
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–82,
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MAO-A (enzyme),
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MAO-B (enzyme),
78

Marburg virus,
154
–55,
157

Mary Beth (author's former friend),
197
–98

Mayberg, Helen,
175

“MedGene” project,
115

melancholic depression,
178

memory,
49
,
52
,
75
,
123
,
183
,
184

“memory of the future,”
52
–53

Mendel, Gregor,
74

“Mental Illness: Bipolar Disorder and Depression,”
169

metabolomics,
89

methyl,
96

Meyer-Lindenberg, Andreas,
81

Mike (Diane's brother),
132
–33

MIND Institute,
60

Mirren, Simon,
109
,
111
–12

mirror neuron system,
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,
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–45,
145
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Missionary Position, The
(Hitchens),
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Moffitt, Terri,
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–81

monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs),
78

monoamines,
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–79,
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–100,
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–83,
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,
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morality,
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,
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,
113
,
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–17

author's view of,
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–29,
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,
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–11,
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brain function and,
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–55,
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,
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,
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,
122
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123
,
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Morocco,
115
–16

Morris, Dick,
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motor cortex,
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,
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murderers:

brain damage in,
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,
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brain scans of,
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–2,
19
,
44
–47

psychopathic,
64
,
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,
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–85,
208

psychotic,
184
–85

serial,
15
,
19
,
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,
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,
208

mutation, genetic,
73
–74

Naik, Gautam,
109
–12

Nairobi,
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,
154

narcissism,
111
,
153
,
190
,
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,
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,
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narcissistic personality disorder,
17
,
148
,
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nature vs. nurture,
51
,
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,
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author's evolving view of,
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–7,
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–40,
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,
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,
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–6,
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–25

neocortex,
125

“Neuroanatomical Background to Understanding the Brain of a Young Psychopath” (James Fallon),
1

neuronal loops,
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–57

neurotransmitters,
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,
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,
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,
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–75,
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–80,
99
,
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,
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see also
specific transmitters

non-Hodgkin's lymphoma,
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,
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norepinephrine,
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,
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,
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nurturing,
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–26

of children,
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–6

obesity,
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211
–12

obsessions,
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obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD),
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,
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,
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of author,
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–32,
34
,
35
,
40
,
43
,
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–18,
134
,
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,
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old age,
32
–33

orbital cortex,
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–58,
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Orchid children,
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Oslo, Norway, symposium at,
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–70,
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–74,
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–77,
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,
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,
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Ottersen, Ole Petter,
176

“Outfoxed,”
111
–12

oxytocin,
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,
127
,
145

pair bonding,
84

panic attacks,
73
,
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of author,
33
–35,
175
,
178
,
212

parahippocampal cortices,
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,
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parenting,
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,
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–5,
225
–26

Parkinson's disease,
4
,
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,
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,
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partying, by author,
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–36,
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–36,
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,
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pathophysiology,
11

perfectionism,
28
–29

personality:

character vs.,
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–88

genetic basis of,
206

Pesci, Joe,
14
,
223

phenotype-genotype analysis,
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–76

planning,
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,
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politics, author's,
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,
40
–41,
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,
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–65,
210

pop culture, psychopaths portrayed in,
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–15,
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positron emission tomography (PET),
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–45,
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–15,
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posterior cortex,
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–51,
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postpartum depression (PPD),
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post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD),
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,
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,
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prefrontal cortex,
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–54,
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–62,
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–24,
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disorders of,
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–76,
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maturation of,
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–101,
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premotor cortex,
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,
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Preston, Richard,
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promoters,
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–74,
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protein,
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,
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,
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,
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Prozac,
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psychoanalysis,
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–25

psychometric testing,
11

Psychopath Lite,
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,
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,
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psychopathy, psychopaths:

author's evolving theory of,
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,
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–62,
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in author's family history,
65
–72,
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,
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,
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,
105
,
108
–13,
221

in business and finance,
218
–20

casual use of term,
150

characteristics indicative of,
11
–17,
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,
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–85,
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,
105
,
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–26,
147
,
153
–54,
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,
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,
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–200,
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–7,
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–17,
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comorbidity in,
17
,
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,
185

evolutionary purpose of,
213
–27

factors other than brain function in,
90
–106

four factors of,
12
–13,
16
,
18
,
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genetics in,
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,
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–89,
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,
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,
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,
112
,
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,
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,
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–25

inadequate definition and diagnosis of,
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–12,
16
–17,
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,
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,
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limited understanding of,
5
,
9
–20,
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–77

mitigation of,
187
–212,
225
–26

pop culture portrayals of,
13
–15,
223

“prosocial,”
161
,
225

societal benefits of,
218
–24

testing for,
11
–16

Psychopathy Checklist, Revised (PCL-R; Psychopath Test; Hare's Checklist),
12
–18,
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,
190
,
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,
218
,
225
,
227

psychotic major depression (PMD),
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rape,
154

recklessness,
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,
35
–37,
122
,
140
,
177
,
181
,
194
,
223
–24

as danger to others,
154
–58,
175
,
199
–200,
206

“regular guy”:

author as,
30
–32,
64
,
190

psychopath's appearance as,
14
,
15
,
16
–17,
217

religion:

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

belief in,
53
,
146
,
184

see also
Catholicism

remorse, lack of,
12
,
14
,
17
,
206
,
225

retrotransposons,
95

revenge,
153
,
200
–201,
219
–20

risk taking,
218
–19

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