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These psychopathests have reduction in the volume. and, also, when they contemplate making moral decisions like, shall i kill someone or not? that part of the brain is not as active as in normal people. >> youve done a terrific job of making the science accessible for people. i want to show a couple images that are important here and people should see these, again. you should read the book. take a look there, a scan of the brain, normal on the left and a murderer on the right. what are we lookin...

Impairment, a volume deduction and poor functioning in a part of the brain called the amygdala, the seat of emotion. we have been finding on psychopathic offenders they have an 18% reduction in the volume in the amygdala. when they contemplate making moral decisions like should i kill someone or not, that part of the brain is just not as active as in normal people. >> you have done a terrific job making the science accessible for people. i want to show a couple of images that will be important. ...

The other day saying i want a pet scan of my entire body so i know i dont have cancer. that may sound great. do you have any idea what that costs? thousands of dollars. if patients dont pay for it, they dont care. bill: going to all the cost here now. what are we going to do about that? what happens? >> well i think that if we dont do it this way were going to be faced with more and more regulations, more and more bureaucracy and less choices for either the physician or the patient. less choices...

Mris and pet scans and spinal fluid they can differentiate in a large percentage of the cases between alzheimers and front temporal dementia. only the mri may be enough. that is exciting. if we can use the latest type of mri to tell us different types of dementia we will know which to target with the new treatment. >> you mentioned a pet scan. what is that? >> that looks at heat. how much radiation or how much heat something gives off. is very expensive and to take someone who is debilitated and...

Discriminated against. geneticists and ethicists are concerned about this type of process but on the other hand the research is moving forward and were trying to establish whether or not there are some correlations which might help to be predictive in the future. heather: finally, once you establish those correlations, what is ultimately the benefit or the goal? >> correct. i think the goal is to help us do what we do with other conditions, which are, medically related or genetically related. we...

>> gov ichltd. >> mike: well talk about yet another challenge you face. as if having the diving accident wasnt enough. you were diagnosed with breast cancer. explain what happened when you got that diagnosis, joni, you had breast cancer. >> i was overwhelmed, other women had breast cancer, i had so many things, i didnt have time for a mammogram. of course i dont feel that way now. but i was freightened what it would mean tore him, how he would take it, my body image is already shot and how much ...

>> gov. mike huckabee: i want to talk about another challenge you face, the diving accident, being quadriplegic was not enough, you were diagnosed with breast cancer. explain what happened, when you first got that diagnosis, joni, you have breast cancer. >> i was overwhelmed. it always happened to other women and there were many issues related to my quadriplegia i didnt have time to get a mammogram. i dont think that way now but when i was diagnosed, it was a shock. and i was frightened what it ...

>> gov. mike huckabee: i want to talk about another challenge you face, the diving accident, being quadriplegic was not enough, you were diagnosed with breast cancer. explain what happened, when you first got that diagnosis, joni, you have breast cancer. >> i was overwhelmed. it always happened to other women and there were many issues related to my quadriplegia i didnt have time to get a mammogram. i dont think that way now but when i was diagnosed, it was a shock. and i was frightened what it ...

>> gov. mike huckabee: i want to talk about another challenge you face, the diving accident, being quadriplegic was not enough, you were diagnosed with breast cancer. explain what happened, when you first got that diagnosis, joni, you have breast cancer. >> i was overwhelmed. it always happened to other women and there were many issues related to my quadriplegia i didnt have time to get a mammogram. i dont think that way now but when i was diagnosed, it was a shock. and i was frightened what it ...

Saying put it on the differential. impulsivity and command of the facts, he said we were totally out of afghanistan on a certain date and well still leave troops there. he missed a major fact. listen put these on a differential diagnosis. as a psychiatrist today, you didnt call me as a political level. and youd check his alcohol level, why, he was bizarre. >> dave: youre not suggesting he had a drink just to clear that up. >> i have no idea. what im saying-- >> hasnt a drink in his life. >> what...