Why is American culture so fascinated with psychopathic people and true crime stories? Why don’t billionaires give more? What makes some people so generous that they’d undergo surgery to donate an organ to a complete stranger? These are the kinds of questions that Abigail Marsh, a professor of psychology and neuroscience at Georgetown University, studies. Chris and Abigail discuss the brain differences between extreme altruists and psychopathic individuals, why psychopathic traits do not necessarily correlate with aggression, how parents can support children with behavioral issues, and what we can all do to train ourselves to be more altruistic.FollowHost: Chris Duffy (Instagram: @<a href="https://www.instagram.com/chrisiduffy/?hl=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">chrisiduffy</a> | <a href="https://chrisduffycomedy.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">chrisduffycomedy.com</a>)Guest: Abigail Marsh PhD (LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/abigail-marsh-4304aa9/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@abigail-marsh</a>)&nbsp;Links<a href="http://abigailmarsh.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">abigailmarsh.com/</a><a href="http://disordersofaggression.org" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">disordersofaggression.org</a>Bookshop.org: <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-fear-factor-how-one-emotion-connects-altruists-psychopaths-and-everyone-in-between-abigail-marsh/12787731" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Fear Factor</a>TED Talk: <a href="https://www.ted.com/talks/abigail_marsh_why_some_people_are_more_altruistic_than_others" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Why some people are more altruistic than others</a>Subscribe to TED&nbsp;Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/ted/?hl=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@ted</a>YouTube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@TED" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@TED</a>TikTok: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbXFocVNnRWFvUUcyWm1ib2psTkJ5RlVpOTRWZ3xBQ3Jtc0tuWkZaWEc3YzMwWkxubG9LdEJXMTBONkhOZ0VXSmtIaVFXZng3WmdEWVpUZ25BUFo1dk1jM21nanQxT2UzN25PQTNfLVVlMkw4ZVlwMUFTb05TRGJORHoxT3hoZjdfZFRQeDRBMlFIYkRJSEkwc3hhbw&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tiktok.com%2F%40tedtoks&v=9IFo0WjDvL4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@tedtoks</a>LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/ted-conferences" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@ted-conferences</a>Website: <a href="https://open.acast.com/networks/66e1e4bf9a7dcc160e617eef/shows/67572b3b2dd88df13220eb3b/episodes/www.ted.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">ted.com</a>Podcasts: <a href="http://ted.com/podcasts" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">ted.com/podcasts</a>For the full text transcript, visit <a href="http://go.ted.com/BHTranscripts" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">go.ted.com/BHTranscripts</a>Want to help shape TED’s shows going forward? Fill out our survey <a href="https://podcastsurvey.typeform.com/to/TxkjDblI" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>!<hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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