The Fear Factor: How One Emotion Connects Altruists, Psychopaths, and Everyone In-Between
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| Rating | : | 4.61 (770 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B071YLCYZH |
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| Number of Pages | : | 233 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-02-12 |
| Language | : | English |
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"A riveting ride through your own brain." -Adam GrantHow the brains of psychopaths and heroes show that humans are wired to be goodAt fourteen, Amber could boast of killing her guinea pig, threatening to burn down her home, and seducing men in exchange for gifts. A few miles away, Lenny Skutnik cared so much about others that he jumped into an ice-cold river to save a drowning woman. What is responsible for the extremes of generosity and cruelty humans are capable of? By putting psychopathic children and extreme altruists in an fMRI, acclaimed psychologist Abigail Marsh found that the answer lies in how our brain responds to others' fear. But unlike other children, she didn't care about the damage she inflicted. While the brai
Her work has been covered in The Times, Slate, The Huffington Post, NPR, The Economist and New York Magazine and she writes a blog for Psychology Today. Her lab's work on extraordinary altruism was awarded the Cozzarelli Prize by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. She lives in Washington, DC. She received her PhD in social psychology from Harvard University. About the Author Marsh is an associate professor of psychology at Georgetown University, wher
She lives in Washington, DC. She received her PhD in social psychology from Harvard University. . Her lab's work on extraordinary altruism was awarded the Cozzarelli Prize by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Marsh is an associate professor of psychology at Georgetown University, where she directs the Laboratory on Social & Affective Neuroscience. Her work has been covered in The Times, Slate, The Huffington Post, NPR, The Economist and