Murderous Minds (46 page)
Authors: Dean Haycock
Figure 11.
A human brain sliced crosswise as seen from the front. The amygdala is in the temporal lobe on the left. * = septum pellucidum. CC = corpus callosum. LV = lateral ventricle. Insular Ctx = insular cortex. P, GP, and C (putamen, globus pallidus, and caudate) make up the striatum, another region in which abnormalities have been linked to psychopathy.
Figure 12.
Magnetic resonance image (MRI) of the brain as seen as if sliced down the center from front to back. The anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) is highlighted. Under and behind it is the massive bundle of nerve fibers (the corpus callosum) that carries nerve signals between the right and left sides of the brain. The crosshairs are centered on a chamber (the lateral ventricle) that is filled with cerebrospinal fluid.
Figure 13.
An fMRI compilation of activity patterns evoked by viewing images with moral versus non-moral connotations. The results of multiple individuals have been overlaid on a single brain image showing 29 levels of the brain as seen from above, looking down. The left set compiles the activity of 28 non-antisocial, non-incarcerated persons. The middle shows the responses of 16 non-psychopathic incarcerated criminals; the right, 16 psychopathic incarcerated criminals. Note how both the free and the jailed non-psychopaths differ from the criminal psychopaths.
Figure 14.
“Feel no remorse, no sense of shame.” Entries from Eric Harris’s webpages, together with his personal history, helped convince experts that he was at least a budding psychopath well on his way to becoming a full-blown psychopath.
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