Senior corporate leaders have been numbered among those who tend to show psychopathic traits. The standard screening test for potential psychopaths is the Hare Psychopathy Checklist. Read the list ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

“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 ...

As it turns out, our personalities are, in fact, shaped by the environments we grow up in, and Nevada, New York, South Dakota, and Texas contain the highest percentages of those in possession of “dark ...

If any show could take on the neuropsychiatry behind psychopathy, it’s The Irrational. “Psychopath” is one of those buzzwords that’s lost all meaning in most of the TV world, and most shows that ...