Long confined to so-called masculine representations, the profile of psychopathy in women remains little known. A recent study is challenging preconceived ideas... by closely examining their ...

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 ...

Hannibal Lecter. Anton Chigurh. Patrick Bateman—when we hear the word “psychopath,” fictional serial killers may spring to mind. Or maybe it’s their real-life counterparts: John Wayne Gacy, Jeffrey ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When dealing with a psychopath, it can be unnerving to realize just how calculated they can be in choosing their targets. While it ...

While not an official diagnosis, "psychopath" describes someone callous, unemotional, and morally depraved. They're hard to spot, especially considering approximately 29% of the general population ...

Ever wonder what goes on inside the mind of a psychopath? We all have our dark moments, those fleeting thoughts we'd never admit to our therapist, let alone at a dinner party. But for individuals with ...

Authors ID people who are almost, but not quite, clinical psychopaths. June 19, 2012— -- Chances are you might know someone who is almost a psychopath. The coworker who throws you under the bus.

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 ...

Psychopaths have different brain structures to the rest of the population, a study has revealed, helping shed new light on one corner of the "dark personality" triad. Diagnosis with psychopathy is ...

Not all psychopaths are created equal. In America, about 1.2% of adult men and 0.3% to 0.7% of adult women are considered to have clinically significant levels of psychopathic traits, according to the ...