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 ...

“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 ...

She swiped right and wants to meet up. Soon, you've both had a few drinks and dim the lights. Suddenly, the mood shifts: She pulls back, puts a hand up, even says no. A new academic study examining ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...