Life As A Nonviolent Psychopath Summary

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"Life as a Nonviolent Psychopath" is an internet aritcle concerning the life of a neuroscientist that realized he was a psychopath. While researching the brain, James Fallon observed that his mind was that of a psychopath, but he was able to live a normal life. He made the discovery while examening his brain for a experiment relating to Alzheimer's, and identified one of the annonymous brains to be closel linked to that of a psychopath. After seeing this, he realized that the brain he was examening was his own. After finding this, he researched his family tree to see if there was a line of psychopaths in his family, seeing that psychopathy was supposidly 80% genetic. He also spoke with his parents, and realized that they had noticed the difference

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