Essi Viding

Essi Viding is a professor of developmental psychopathology at University College London and one of the world's leading researchers on the neuroscience and genetics of psychopathy. Psychopathy offers a rigorous, accessible introduction to what science actually knows about psychopathy — its biological underpinnings, its developmental trajectory, and its implications for society. Viding separates scientific fact from popular myth, providing a nuanced picture of a condition that is far more complex than popular culture suggests. The audiobook and book versions offer listeners and readers an authoritative, balanced exploration of psychopathy. Viding's work appeals to anyone fascinated by psychology, neuroscience, and the question of what makes some people fundamentally different in how they experience empathy and moral reasoning.