
Kevin Dutton is a British psychologist and writer whose work explores psychopathy, persuasion, and the psychology of extreme performance. He is best known for The Wisdom of Psychopaths and Flipnosis, books that brought academic ideas on social influence and personality to a broad popular audience.
Kevin Dutton is a British psychologist and author whose career has been built on taking subjects often treated as sensational and examining them with a researcher’s curiosity and a storyteller’s control. Born in London in 1967, he has traced his early fascination with persuasion and personality to childhood scenes of his father selling goods on a market stall, an environment that sharpened his eye for charm, confidence, and psychological leverage. He later earned a PhD in psychology from the University of Essex in 2000, worked there as a senior research fellow, and went on to spend many years in research roles at Oxford and Cambridge. That combination of academic training and close observation of everyday behavior became the foundation of his writing voice.

Kevin Dutton
Provocative exploration of how psychopathic traits can lead to success in various fields, challenging our perceptions of mental health.

Kevin Dutton
Uncover the secrets of split-second persuasion and mind control from psychopaths to CEOs in this fascinating psychological exploration.

Kevin Dutton
Explore how our binary brains shape perception and decision-making, and learn to embrace nuance in a complex world.

Kevin Dutton
Provocative exploration of how psychopathic traits can lead to success in various fields, challenging our perceptions of mental health.

Kevin Dutton
Uncover the secrets of split-second persuasion and mind control from psychopaths to CEOs in this fascinating psychological exploration.

Kevin Dutton
Explore how our binary brains shape perception and decision-making, and learn to embrace nuance in a complex world.
"Kevin Dutton has provided simplifying, clarifying, and essential insights into the character of human choice and decision-making"
— Robert Cialdini
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— Scott O. Lilienfeld
"Kevin Dutton has the great gift of being able to see patterns in human behaviour"
— Philip Pullman
"Kevin Dutton is simply a genius"
— Andy McNab
"Kevin Dutton is a Special Forces style psychologist"
— Sir Ranulph Fiennes
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