From: NPR
July 1, 2010 Using a gun and a
machete, Bradley Waldrop killed his wife's friend and then wounded his
wife. In the Tennessee courtroom, the question was not who did it but
why. Enter neuroscience — specifically, a forensic psychiatrist's
testimony that Waldroup had a variation of a gene that inclined him
toward violence.
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June 29, 2010 For nearly 20
years, neuroscientist Jim Fallon has studied the brains of psychopaths.
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to study his own brain. He was shocked at what he discovered.
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pleaded guilty last year to raping and murdering 10-year-old Jeanine
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July 1, 2010 Using a gun and a
machete, Bradley Waldrop killed his wife's friend and then wounded his
wife. In the Tennessee courtroom, the question was not who did it but
why. Enter neuroscience — specifically, a forensic psychiatrist's
testimony that Waldroup had a variation of a gene that inclined him
toward violence.