Neuropsychology of Criminal Behavior

Feggy Ostrosky is Professor of Neuropsychology and head of the Laboratory of Neuropsychology and Psychophysiology at the National Autonomous University of Mexico. She has published 25 books, six neuropsychological tests, and over 340 journal articles and chapters in national and international peer-reviewed journals.Alfredo Ardila is Professor of Neuropsychology at Florida International University. He earned his PhD in neuropsychology from Moscow State University. He has published widely in the fields of brain pathology, neuropsychological assessment, and cognition, and on the roles of cultural and social factors in behavior.

• 1. Understanding Violence 2. Brain and Emotion 3. The Origins of Violence 4. Psychopathy 5. Serial Killers 6. Mass Murderers 7. Cannibalism: An Extreme Human Behavior 8. Mexican Hitmen 9. The Crimes of Paramilitarism in Colombia 10. Some General Conclusions

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