Articles about badly behaved people and how to spot them are common. You don't have to Google or scroll too much to find headlines such as 7 signs your boss is a psychopath or How to avoid the ...

Psychopath. Sociopath. Lots of people throw around these terms, but few understand what they actually mean. Even experts disagree on what makes a true psychopath or sociopath. Diagnosis, causes, ...

In 2005 58-year-old UC Irvine neuroscientist James Fallon was looking at brain scans of both serial killers and his own family for two different studies he was conducting. The two types of scans just ...

A cursory scan of the true-crime documentaries abundant on nearly every media platform illustrates our obsession with psychopaths. Any cultural obsession can be productive—but in this instance ...

When you think of a person who fits the definition of psychopath, you undoubtedly imagine someone who, in addition to lacking remorse, is incapable of ordinary human empathy. This assumption is so ...