Brian Dugan raped and murdered three people, two of them children. When he came up for sentencing in 2009, neuroscience had reached the point where brain factors could make a difference between a life ...
Scientists have uncovered a striking brain difference linked to psychopathy: people with psychopathic traits were found to have a striatum — a brain region tied to reward, motivation, and ...
A defendant stands in the dock. An expert describes them as a “psychopath”. In an instant, one word threatens to eclipse their history, circumstances and the crime itself. In Ireland, England and ...