Thursday, October 20, 2011

PSYCHOPATHY: ARCHITECT OF CRIMINAL MINDS & NORMAL MINDS & ALL MINDS IN BETWEEN

Professor Jacobs' new book presents a new paradigm for understanding the vigorous brain condition of spectrum psychopathy. Chapter headings are:

CONTENTS

Homage to “The Pulps”

Introduction to Neurotruth

Acknowledgment & Organizational Matters


PART I. Vigorous Brain Conditions
Introduction to Spectrum Psychopathy

Introduction to the Five Parts: Prime Time Psychopathy

Chapter 1. The Playing Field: American Psychopathy—Seeing Is Believing
BIO & Brainmarks of Bridgette: “A Wild-Hearted Girl”

Chapter 2. Cinematic Evolution of Big Screen Psychopathy
BIO & Brainmarks of Veronica: “The Person I Used to Be”

Chapter 3. The Good, the Bad, & the Very Ugly: Neurochemical Variations
Merge with Experience Producing Brainmarks
BIO & Brainmarks of Vivien: “Almost Too Much to Handle”

PART II. The Brainmarks Paradigm
Distinctive, Ostentatious, & Psychopathic

Chapter 4. Prince Charmers & Lady Wow-Wows:
Special Weapons & Tactics Spell Trouble From the First Kiss
BIO & Brainmarks of Elizabeth: “A Scar on My Young Heart”

Chapter 5. Female Brain VS Male Brain: What A Difference a Brain Makes!
BIO & Brainmarks of Natalie: “Weakness”

PART III. Evolutionary Psychopathy
Modern Multitasking Brain Sculpted from Ancient Survival Scripts

Chapter 6. Maturation of the PFC: The Savior of Sapient Brains
BIO & Brainmarks of Spencer-Paul: “Road Trip”

Chapter 7. Hot Seconds: Phenomenology of Adolescent Brains
BIO & Brainmarks of Audrey: “Something’s Not Right”

PART IV. Neurotruth & Neuroscience
SANE Brain & DANE Brain

Chapter 8. Cool, Calm, Collected & Confident: The Serotonin Brainmark
BIO & Brainmarks of Marilyn: “Hard Lessons from Bad Boys”

Chapter 9: Skin Hunger: The Dopamine Brainmark
BIO & Brainmarks of Lana: “If I Could I Would Change Some
Things.”

PART V. Love & Hope
Turbines of Adaptability & Survivability

Chapter 10. What’s LOVE Got to Do with It?
BIO of Lauren: “Love Means Everything!

Chapter 11. What’s HOPE Got to Do with It?
BIO & Brainmarks of Hope: “HOPE Means Everything!”

PART VI. Becoming Brainwise
25 Neurotruth in the 21st Century

Chapter 12: Honest Neurons: Neurotruth Behind “Primed” Natures
BIO & Brainmarks of Grace: “From Caterpillar to Butterfly”

EPILOGUE

Armed with Neurotruth, Where Do Sapient Brains Go From Here?

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

440 pages