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drugs,
43
,
74
,
78
,
206

illicit,
34
–36,
82
,
83
,
96
,
184

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
,
137
–38,
140
–41,
147
,
149
–50,
190
,
196
–97,
199
,
202
–3,
215
,
221
–23

see also
empathy, lack of

emotions:

brain function in,
49
,
54
–55,
57
,
59
,
61
,
75
,
99
,
123

feigning of,
60
,
203
,
207
–8

empathy,
1
–2,
32
,
148
,
199
,
204

brain function in,
55
,
60
,
127
,
141
–53,
146

feigned,
203
,
207
–8

lack of,
12
,
14
,
16
–17,
38
,
55
,
113
,
117
,
126
,
134
,
140
,
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151
–53,
158
–68,
187
,
195
–96,
206
,
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,
215
,
225
,
226

studies on,
84
–85

endorphins,
56
,
145

environment:

brain in monitoring of,
125
–26

genetics vs.,
see
nature vs. nurture

in psychopathy,
90
–106,
214

epigenetic alteration,
92
–96

epigenetic tags,
92
–93

epigenome,
93
–96

epilepsy,
184

ethics,
19
,
117
,
123
–24,
148
,
209
–11

lack of,
85
,
98
,
113

etiology,
11

evil,
39
,
198

Ewald, Ellen Sue,
170

executive functions,
52
,
54

exposure therapy,
128

extrasensory perception (ESP),
38
–39,
184

fairness, fair play,
27
,
117
,
158
,
163
,
164
,
210

Fallon, Arnold,
25
–26,
68
,
166

Fallon, Carol,
27
,
195
–96

Fallon, Diane,
15
,
62
,
64
,
65
,
86
,
130
–40,
156
,
159
–60,
166
,
167
–69,
180
,
189
,
197
,
198
,
208
,
210
,
211
–12

author's courtship of,
29
,
33
–34,
130
–35

Fallon, Harry Cornell,
71

Fallon, Jack,
22
,
27

Fallon, James (author's son),
115
,
136
,
137

Fallon, James “Jim” (author):

absence of malice in,
19
,
25
,
26
,
31
,
64
,
201
,
224
,
225

adolescence of,
26
–33,
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,
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,
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,
207
,
210

alcohol use of,
34
–37,
140
,
161
,
180
,
200
,
204
,
210

assessment of,
15
,
22
,
30
,
32
,
39
,
106
,
113
–15,
149
–50,
171
–73,
178
,
188
–91,
194
–200,
209

attempts to mitigate psychopathic tendencies by,
201
–12

avoidance of full psychopathy by,
90
–91,
113
–14,
190
,
199

behavioral redemption plan of,
201
–12

birth of,
21
–22

childhood years of,
21
–26,
102
–3,
130
–31,
173
,
185
–86,
207
,
225

college years of,
33
–41,
133
–36,
185

courtship of,
29
,
33
–34,
130
–35

early behavioral changes of,
28
–41,
116
–17,
134
–35,
137
,
209

as emotionally disconnected,
102
,
134
,
137
–38,
140
–41,
149
–61,
164
–68,
187
,
190
,
194
–96,
199
,
202
–3,
209
,
225

as father,
136
–37,
152

growing aggressiveness of,
134
,
140
,
175
,
190

as joker and prankster,
23
,
25
,
27
,
31
–32,
37
,
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,
122
,
153
,
208
–9

marital relationship of,
19
,
134
,
135
,
137
,
159
–60,
168
,
180
,
208
,
211
–12

media appearances of,
4
,
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–12,
127
–29,
165
–66,
197

medical and health issues of,
22
,
33
,
35
,
131
,
175
,
205
,
211
–12

as party animal,
35
–36,
135
–36,
138
,
151
,
179
,
195
,
204

psychological profile of,
191
–94

public exposure of,
107
–29,
197
–99

religious obsession of,
4
,
28
–32,
43

scientific interest and background of,
4
,
6
,
18
–19,
24
,
37
,
39
,
41
,
42
–43,
46
,
62

sense of fairness of,
27
,
117
,
158
,
164
,
210

sociability of,
26
,
30
,
31
,
117
,
122
,
159
,
181

weight swings of,
135
–36,
139
–40,
204
,
205

Fallon, Jennie,
21
–23,
29
–30,
40
,
62
,
65
–68,
70
–71,
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,
225
,
226

Fallon, John Henry,
21
–23,
25
–26,
30
,
40
,
62
,
71
,
225

pharmacy of,
24
–25,
32
,
166

Fallon, Mark,
27

Fallon, Peter,
27
,
130
–31

Fallon, Shannon,
136

letter of,
195
–96

Fallon, Tara,
136

Fallon, Tom,
130
–31,
142
–43,
155
–58

Fallon family:

in Alzheimer's study,
62

author loved and nurtured by,
22
–23,
33
,
225
–27

history of,
5
,
65
–72,
86
,
90
,
92
,
105
,
108
–13,
221

Fatemi, Hossein,
170
–71,
174
,
177

fetal development,
79
–80,
96
,
104
,
166

5–HT2A receptor,
113
–14

5–hydroxytryptamine (serotonin),
113

Forgotten Woman, The
(A. and S. Gandhi),
165

free will,
41
,
126
,
174

frontal lobes,
1
–2,
53
,
60
,
142
,
144
–45,
171

functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI),
11
,
57
,
60
,
127
–28,
144

gamma amino butyric acid (GABA),
75
,
78

Gandhi, Arun,
165

Gandhi, Kasturba,
165

Gandhi, Mohandas,
165

Gandhi, Sunanda,
165

genes:

aggressive,
6
,
73
–74,
77
,
79
–82,
83
,
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,
88
–89,
104
,
115
–16,
127
–28

of author,
88
–89,
175
–76,
183

author's predictions using,
162
–63

genome-wide association study (GWAS),
88
,
110
,
113

genomics,
89

genotype-environment correlation,
91
–92

glucose, 434

glutamate,
75
,
78

Godfather, The,
159

Golden Rule,
149

golf, mirroring behavior in,
143
–44

Goodfellas,
14
,
223

grandiosity,
12
,
85
,
194
,
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,
76
,
96

histrionic personality disorder,
17
,
181

Hitchens, Christopher,
165

HIV/AIDS,
154

Hopkins, Anthony,
15

Hopper, Dennis,
14

horror films,
13
–14

hot cognition,
54
–55,
60
,
119
,
215

hotheadedness,
13
,
16
,
83
–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
,
69
,
170
,
173
,
175
,
177
–80,
181
,
182
,
187

id,
124

identical twins, epigenetics and,
95

imaging techniques:

brain,
11
–12,
19

genetic,
87
–89

immune system, stress and,
216

impulsivity,
2
,
13
,
14
,
17
,
45
,
52
,
54
,
98
,
206
,
225

India, nonviolence in,
110

Indigo children,
102

Inglorious Basterds,
127

inhibition,
56
–57,
114

lack of,
61
,
99
,
122

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