Murderous Minds, Dean A. Haycock, PhD
Murderous Minds, Dean A. Haycock, PhD
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Murderous Minds
Exploring the Criminal Psychopathic Brain: Neurological Imaging and the Manifestation of Evil

Author: Dean A. Haycock, PhD

Narrator: Paul Brion

Unabridged: 8 hr 40 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 09/13/2022

Synopsis

How many times have you seen a murder on the news or on a TV show like CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, and said to yourself, "How could someone do something like that?" Today, neuroscientists are imaging, mapping, testing, and dissecting the source of the worst behavior imaginable in the brains of the people who lack a conscience: psychopaths. Neuroscientist Dean Haycock examines the behavior of real life psychopaths and discusses how their actions can be explained in scientific terms, from research that literally looks inside their brains to understanding how psychopaths, without empathy but very goal-oriented, think and act the way they do. Some don't commit crimes at all, but rather make use of their skills in the boardroom. But what does this mean for lawyers, judges, psychiatrists, victims, and listeners—for anyone who has ever wondered how some people can be so bad. Could your nine-year-old be a psychopath? What about your co-worker? The ability to recognize psychopaths using the scientific method has vast implications for society, and yet is still loaded with consequences.

Contains mature themes.

About Dean A. Haycock, PhD

Dean A. Haycock, PHD, is a science and medical writer living in New York. His books include Murderous Minds: Exploring the Criminal Psychopathic Brain: Neurological Imaging and the Manifestation of Evil, Characters on the Couch: Exploring Psychology Through Literature and Film; The Everything Health Guide to Adult Bipolar Disorder, Second and Third Editions, and The Everything Health Guide to Schizophrenia.

He earned a PhD in neurobiology from Brown University and a fellowship from the National Institute of Mental Health to study at The Rockefeller University. The results of his research, conducted in academia and in the pharmaceutical industry, have been published in Brain Research, the Journal of Neurochemistry, the Journal of Biological Chemistry, the Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, and the Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, among others.

His feature articles have appeared in many newspapers, magazines, and other outlets, including the Huffington Post, Salon, WebMD, Annals of Internal Medicine, the Lancet Neurology, Drug Discovery and Development, BioWorld Today, BioWorld International, the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, and Current Biology. In addition, he has contributed articles on a variety of topics to The Gale Encyclopedia of Science and The Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Health.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Melissa on June 06, 2015

Highly informative, but a bit repetitive (even though, one should be when trying to empirically prove a point. I wanted a bit more true crime details and examples of successful psychopaths. But, I did walk away with a much more informed way of evaluating the science and validity behind articles clai......more

Goodreads review by Henry on December 13, 2015

Very interesting premise that psychopath may be "born that way", or have a brain that developed into that situation. Very detailed references and studies that may point to that direction. Although the author himself admitted that neuroscience is far from being conclusive about psychopaths, this book......more

Goodreads review by Will on August 02, 2020

Fascinating read about psychopathy and how it originates, how it is characterized, how it develops, and it's causes. Combined with the addition of interesting but unsettling examples of real life cases highlight how important and influential research into psychopathy is. Critically it was a bit repe......more

Goodreads review by Kirk on March 25, 2014

Amazingly easy and fun to read. I would most definitely read more writings from this author.......more

Goodreads review by Shane on March 16, 2022

What is the difference between you and a psychopath? A sociopath? A murderer?  The author provides the particulars of what a psychopath is characterized as. A failed sense of moral ethics and social norms, overt deceitfulness, lack of remorse, aggression and impulsiveness are all qualities that unite......more

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