The Psychopath Inside (22 page)

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Authors: James Fallon

drugs,
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illicit,
34
–36,
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,
83
,
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Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study,
97

dysthymia,
178

Ebola virus,
154
–55

Edward I, king of England,
69
–70

EEG,
57
,
171
,
172

ego,
124

Einstein, Albert,
49
,
66

Einstein, Elsa,
66

emotional disconnect,
102
,
134
,
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–38,
140
–41,
147
,
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–50,
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–97,
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–3,
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–23

see also
empathy, lack of

emotions:

brain function in,
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–55,
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feigning of,
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–8

empathy,
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–2,
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brain function in,
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,
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,
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–53,
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feigned,
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,
207
–8

lack of,
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–17,
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–53,
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–68,
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–96,
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studies on,
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–85

endorphins,
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,
145

environment:

brain in monitoring of,
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–26

genetics vs.,
see
nature vs. nurture

in psychopathy,
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–106,
214

epigenetic alteration,
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–96

epigenetic tags,
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–93

epigenome,
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–96

epilepsy,
184

ethics,
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,
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,
123
–24,
148
,
209
–11

lack of,
85
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,
113

etiology,
11

evil,
39
,
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Ewald, Ellen Sue,
170

executive functions,
52
,
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exposure therapy,
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extrasensory perception (ESP),
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–39,
184

fairness, fair play,
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,
117
,
158
,
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,
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,
210

Fallon, Arnold,
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–26,
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,
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Fallon, Carol,
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,
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–96

Fallon, Diane,
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–40,
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–60,
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–69,
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–12

author's courtship of,
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,
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–34,
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–35

Fallon, Harry Cornell,
71

Fallon, Jack,
22
,
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Fallon, James (author's son),
115
,
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,
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Fallon, James “Jim” (author):

absence of malice in,
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,
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adolescence of,
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–33,
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alcohol use of,
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–37,
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,
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assessment of,
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–15,
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–50,
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–73,
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,
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–91,
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–200,
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attempts to mitigate psychopathic tendencies by,
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–12

avoidance of full psychopathy by,
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–91,
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–14,
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,
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behavioral redemption plan of,
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–12

birth of,
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–22

childhood years of,
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–26,
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–3,
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–31,
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,
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–86,
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,
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college years of,
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–41,
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–36,
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courtship of,
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,
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–34,
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–35

early behavioral changes of,
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–41,
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–17,
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–35,
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,
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as emotionally disconnected,
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,
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–38,
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–41,
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–61,
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–68,
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–96,
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–3,
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,
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as father,
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–37,
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growing aggressiveness of,
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as joker and prankster,
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–32,
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–9

marital relationship of,
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–60,
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,
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,
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–12

media appearances of,
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–12,
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–29,
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–66,
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medical and health issues of,
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–12

as party animal,
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–36,
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–36,
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,
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psychological profile of,
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–94

public exposure of,
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–29,
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–99

religious obsession of,
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,
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–32,
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scientific interest and background of,
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–19,
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–43,
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sense of fairness of,
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,
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sociability of,
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weight swings of,
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–36,
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–40,
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Fallon, Jennie,
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–23,
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–30,
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,
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–68,
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–71,
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,
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,
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Fallon, John Henry,
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–23,
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–26,
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pharmacy of,
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–25,
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,
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Fallon, Mark,
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Fallon, Peter,
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,
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–31

Fallon, Shannon,
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letter of,
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–96

Fallon, Tara,
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Fallon, Tom,
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–31,
142
–43,
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–58

Fallon family:

in Alzheimer's study,
62

author loved and nurtured by,
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–23,
33
,
225
–27

history of,
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,
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–72,
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,
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,
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–13,
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Fatemi, Hossein,
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–71,
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,
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fetal development,
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–80,
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,
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,
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5–HT2A receptor,
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–14

5–hydroxytryptamine (serotonin),
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Forgotten Woman, The
(A. and S. Gandhi),
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free will,
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,
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,
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frontal lobes,
1
–2,
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,
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,
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,
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–45,
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functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI),
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,
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,
60
,
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–28,
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gamma amino butyric acid (GABA),
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,
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Gandhi, Arun,
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Gandhi, Kasturba,
165

Gandhi, Mohandas,
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Gandhi, Sunanda,
165

genes:

aggressive,
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,
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–74,
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,
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–82,
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,
86
,
88
,
106

and empathy,
84
–85

environmental interaction with,
91
–92

function of,
72
–76

mutations in,
53

see also
warrior gene

genetics:

in depression,
178

environment vs.,
see
nature vs. nurture

in psychopathy,
11
,
65
–89,
90
,
106
,
109
,
112
,
206
,
211
,
215
,
224
–25

see also
epigenetic alteration

genetic testing,
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–89,
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,
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–16,
127
–28

of author,
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–89,
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–76,
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author's predictions using,
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–63

genome-wide association study (GWAS),
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,
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,
113

genomics,
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genotype-environment correlation,
91
–92

glucose, 434

glutamate,
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,
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Godfather, The,
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Golden Rule,
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golf, mirroring behavior in,
143
–44

Goodfellas,
14
,
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grandiosity,
12
,
85
,
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,
225

Great Gatsby, The
(Fitzgerald),
180

guanine (G),
73

Haidt, Jonathan,
163
–64

hallucinations,
73
,
178
,
179
,
184
–86

Hammock, Elizabeth,
84

handedness, right and left,
51

haploid cells,
72

Hare, Robert,
12
,
15
,
18
,
218

Hare's Checklist,
see
Psychopathy Checklist, Revised

Henry II, king of England,
69

Henry III, king of England,
69
–70

histones,
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,
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histrionic personality disorder,
17
,
181

Hitchens, Christopher,
165

HIV/AIDS,
154

Hopkins, Anthony,
15

Hopper, Dennis,
14

horror films,
13
–14

hot cognition,
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–55,
60
,
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,
215

hotheadedness,
13
,
16
,
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–84

Hot Zone, The,
157

“How Evil Are You?,”
126
–27

humanitarians, philanthropists,
165
–67,
209

human nature,
3
–7

character and personality in,
187
–88,
224
–25

two views of,
214
–15

hypertension, high blood pressure,
10
,
34
,
82
,
170

hypomania,
38
,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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–80,
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,
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,
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id,
124

identical twins, epigenetics and,
95

imaging techniques:

brain,
11
–12,
19

genetic,
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–89

immune system, stress and,
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impulsivity,
2
,
13
,
14
,
17
,
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,
52
,
54
,
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,
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,
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India, nonviolence in,
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Indigo children,
102

Inglorious Basterds,
127

inhibition,
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–57,
114

lack of,
61
,
99
,
122

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