031 - Professor James Fallon studies brain scans of psychopaths




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Summary: Professor James Fallon of UC Irvine is a Neuroscientist who studies brain scans. He has made a specialty out of studying the brains of psycopaths and serial killers and has been all over television and had a TED talk. Many people know him for discovering that his own brain scan resembled a psychopath. We have a wide ranging conversation from language centers of the brain to empathy to his family history to George Carlin and more.  The lecture mentioned in the episode: Isaiah Berlin - Lecture on Joseph de Maistrehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bB2U9XXpHP4  James' links: Web: http://www.psychiatry.uci.edu/features/fallon-feature-11152013.asp or https://www.faculty.uci.edu/profile.cfm?faculty_id=2303  Twitter: https://twitter.com/jameshfallon    And don’t forget to support the podcast by subscribing, reviewing, and sharing.  —> Review Unstructured Unstructured Links: Web: https://unstructuredpod.com/ Facebook: https://facebook.com/unstructuredp Twitter: https://twitter.com/unstructuredp Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/unstructuredp/