Uploaded October 2018 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

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The term psychopathy is derived from the Greek words psyche, meaning soul, and pathos, meaning suffering and feeling. In this episode, Washington University neurosurgeons at Barnes-Jewish Hospital describe the brain activity of psychopaths. Studies show imaging of baseline brain activity can predict success – can this same approach predict psychopathic behavior?

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