A new study has found that psychopaths show structural changes in particular areas of the brain that deal with things like impulse control and emotional regulation. This improved understanding may ...

PSYCHOPATH — a descriptive word that conjures images of highly intelligent, devious and conniving criminals with ...

“All AI’s Are Psychopaths” proclaims one headline. “Are We Curating Artificial Psychopaths?” asks another. The AI/psychopath analogy is common, but is it correct? A psychopath is someone who lacks the ...

Think of a psychopath, and any number of Hollywood villains might come to mind, from charming killers like Hannibal Lecter to Anton Chigurh, portrayed with chilling menace by Javier Bardem in the film ...

Psychopaths reveal their tendencies with common words. Oct. 18, 2011 — -- Is it likely that a potential psychopathic killer will telegraph his intentions in advance by the basic words he uses to ...

One of the most enduring ideas about crime — and violence more broadly — is that a lot of it is committed by people we call “psychopaths.” If you didn’t grow up with procedurals like “Law & Order: SVU ...

Psychopaths aren't just found in prisons, true-crime documentaries or horror films; some walk among us. In fact, you probably know one. "Everybody knows somebody with psychopathy," Abigail Marsh, a ...

In 1885, an English psychiatrist published the case of a man called W.B., who had spent much of his life cycling through jail and asylums. W.B. was “a quiet and useful man,” the doctor wrote in The ...

It’s the opposite of a “feel-good” moment. While hugs might seem like a display of affection, psychopaths use embraces and other forms of physical contact to control their partners, per an unsettling ...