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Published online 12 December 2007 | Nature 450, 942-944 (2007) | doi:10.1038/450942a
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Abnormal neuroscience: Scanning psychopaths
Are their brains not wired to feel what others feel, or do they just not care? Alison Abbott joins researchers looking into normal neurobiology through the scope of psychopathy.
It is a rare event that patient 13 is let out of the high security Dr S. van Mesdag Clinic in Groningen, the Netherlands, and he is making the most of the attention he is getting.
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