femme fatale Lao Rongzhi killed 7 consecutive lives in the 1990s and then went into exile in incognito for 20 years. When she was arrested, no one around her believed that this kind eldest sister would be a murderer.
Even in the court, Lao Rongzhi still "quibble": "It can be said that I am not good, but I cannot be said that I am not kind. I have never killed a chicken in my life." _
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silver murder case Gao Chengyong, the murderer of the silver homicide case , killed 11 women with cruel methods in 14 years, but no one in the town said he was dishonest. After Gao Chengyong committed the crime, he worked and lived as usual. After he was arrested, he calmly recalled the details of each case. The calmness was frightening. Killing does not seem to be a big deal to him.
The Korean movie " Murder Memories" has such a scene:
The girl who appeared in the memory of Song Kang, the 5span 7span who appeared in the memory of Song Kang Hao Tian. In front of him, perhaps she had seen a murderer. When he asked "Did you see his face, what does he look like", the little girl replied "It's the usual one, very ordinary" .
Have you ever wondered: What is the difference between ordinary people and perverted murderers? What made these demons on earth?
today,Reading and sharing a book on the road "Natural Pervert" , maybe it can give us the answer.
The author of this book, James Fallon, is a neuroscientist. He has seen a large number of scans of the brains of psychopathic killers and summarized the brain patterns of serial killers.
Until one day, he was surprised to find that he had a brain scan similar to that of a perverted killer, which meant that the author himself was also a psychopath.
1. Amazing discovery: I have a perverted brain
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That is the low activity level of the frontal orbital cortex and the ventral prefrontal cortex. The anterior part of temporal lobe includes amygdala injury. At the same time, the cingulate gyrus area has brain function defects. According to existing scientific research, these areas are closely related to our self-control, empathy, and moral cognition.
Fallon guessed that the damage and defect in brain function will make these people lack empathy and moral sense, and they can’t control their behavior reasonably. Compared with other murderers, It is easy to commit appalling crimes.
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. By chance, he saw his own brain scan. And this picture tells him clearly and plainly: his brain looks exactly the same as the brains of psychopaths!
Fallon has always believed that humans can hardly control their behavior. 80% of the control of behavior is determined innately, and only 20% depends on the acquired growth environment. But now, he was puzzled. He summarized a set of theories to explain the neuroanatomy basis of psychopaths, and as a result, his brain looks exactly like psychopaths. So, is his theory wrong?
One day, his mother pulled him aside and said, "There are some things you have to look at." It was a family history from his father.
In the patrilineal bloodline of the grandfathers, there is a group that has produced seven murderers in a few hundred years, as well as several notorious big villains. The man in the other branch is always cold-blooded, abandoning his wife and lover for no reason.
"The Devil’s Disciple" Richard Ramirez killed at least 16 people from March 17 to August 30, 1985
These findings shocked Fallon.He quickly arranged a comprehensive genetic test for himself and his family, and the test results showed that his whole family had the so-called "combat gene" in his body.
"Fighting gene" is a product of gene mutation. It inhibits the production of monoamine oxidase A, which can break down serotonin . Serotonin is one of the most common neurotransmitter in our body, which can help our brain work normally. People with fighting genes tend to be more aggressive than ordinary people.
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These brain areas are closely related to psychopaths.
However, Fallon still doesn't understand. Although he had so many disgraceful ancestors, after his father's generation, the situation has been reversed. During World War II, his father and two uncles refused to perform military service, and appeared on the battlefield as medical staff to rescue the wounded. Needless to say, he himself is completely different from the psychopathic murderers studied all the time.
2. The formation of metamorphosis: the brain, genes and childhood
Faron has abnormal brains and genes,Why didn't he become a perverted killer?
One day, Fallon was lying in the jacuzzi, soaking in the sun, staring at a three-legged stool in the backyard in a daze. Suddenly, inspiration came.
He guessed, related brain area defects, high-risk mutations in genes, childhood trauma, these three elements may be like the three legs of a three-legged stool, supporting each other and interacting. , Indispensable, eventually created a psychopath.
It seems that Fallon has found a reasonable way to explain the pathology of psychopathology, and he also found a reason for comfort. After all, his childhood was very happy. Without one of the three elements, he would not become a psychopath.
However, in the process, he also began to pay attention to the negative comments of some colleagues and friends. After he boarded various podiums and made public his research and family situation, most people's attitudes towards him have not changed. They felt that Fallon might be a psychopath, and this incident did not surprise them at all.
3. Self-analysis: Different manifestations of perversion
Falung has always felt that he has a happy marriage, a happy family, and a kind person, and he does not have many intimate friends. It should be the kind of person who lacks empathy. But when you think about it, it's actually hard for a person to find that he lacks empathy, because he doesn't know anything about empathy.
with such a new mentality and awareness,He recalled his previous experience and realized that he might not have any empathy yet.
For example, when he was working in the medical school, he walked into the morgue one day, and there was a little girl in a white dress lying on the iron board. He looked at the girl and said, "What a beautiful dress." At the time, he didn't think this sentence was strange, but now, he noticed it.
For another example, one day he witnessed a serious car accident. The elderly driver was vomiting blood, and he was going to die. He hurried forward and gave the old man artificial respiration for 20 minutes. Although he could not save the life in the end, he was called a bravery, and it was a bit of human touch. However, after finishing the transcript at the police station, he immediately went to a friend's house to have a party, and forgot about the car accident, and he didn't even mention a word to others. Thinking about it now, he felt cold in his bones.
He also realized that some of his words and behaviors would harm others, but he could not foresee the harm. Only when the harm happened, he could realize that he was wrong. All this shows that he is really different from most people. Like psychopaths, he lacks empathy.
Fallon and psychopath have more than one thing in common. A lot of psychopaths consist of a series of lies, and they start talking nonsense when they touch each other, and he is the same, often deliberately telling little lies to make himself happier. For example, if you ask him what his job is, he will answer: he used to be a bartender, and later as a truck driver, now he is in semi-retirement.
Why didn't he say frankly that he is a professor of medical school? Because he wanted to make the other person feel admired: as a truck driver,You can even have such a high IQ!
There are many psychopaths who like to manipulate the situation. For example, after killing someone, put the victim in a strange posture, send some provocative letters to the police station and so on. As for him, although not to this level, he likes to play with others, especially in love. He is like a well-prepared hunter who likes to watch the prey fall into him step by step. In the well-arranged trap, it doesn't matter whether or not to eat the prey in the end.
Finally, he thinks he has a certain degree of manic depression . He is always full of energy and talkative. Sometimes he will lie in the bathtub at home and drink until midnight, then find a good brother on a whim and drive a few hours to Las Vegas for gambling all night. However, every time he passed, he would always fall into thinking about death and morals for half an hour, drowning in negative emotions. According to the research of some scholars, about one-third of patients with hypomanic depression will show antisocial disorder and borderline personality disorder.
The most important thing is that these are not just Fallon's own thoughts. He asked his friends around him what they thought of him. The conclusion is that most of the time, he is still good, but he will always do things from time to time to make others feel that he does not really care about others. The descriptive words they gave include "narcissism", "cold", "no sense of shame", "cunning liar", "has its own set of moral standards", "requires continuous stimulation" and so on.
All in all,In short, a thousand words converge into one sentence, and Fallon feels that even if he is not a psychopath, I am afraid that he has a lot of socially pathological personality.
The author made a cameo in "Criminal Minds"
Fallon gave himself a definition: is a pro-social psychopath.
What does it mean? Psychological abnormalities are not terrible. In a normal society, there will always be some people who are psychologically abnormal, and the horrible ones are those who are anti-social.
and Fallon is lucky enough. He has a pair of good parents, especially his mother, who gave him enough love and a warm growth environment during his childhood. Therefore, although he still inevitably becomes a psychopath, lacks empathy, sometimes selfish, indifferent, but generally speaking, he is a good person who is lovable.
The "Book List" public account's evaluation of this book is:
The author uses his own story to let more people know the world of psychopaths, and once again let us know the family environment. Importance:
In this world, no "Satan" is completely born, even if it has a perverted brain with violent genes, if there is a kind and kind father and a caring mother, then even These perverted personality cannot become "angels", or at least they will not become "demons."
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Reading on the road: a good book for doctors from famous universities around the world in 30 minutes.
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