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 ...

“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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ever wonder what goes on inside the mind of a psychopath? We all have our dark moments, those fleeting thoughts we'd never admit ...

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 ...

Madoff aide's lawyer says working for a psychopath blurs sense of right, wrong. Feb. 10, 2014 -- Bernard Madoff: psychopath? That's one of the questions expected to be asked this week in a Manhattan ...

The master manipulator, a person high in Machiavellianism, is a person you want to avoid. People high in psychopathy are bad enough, but the Machiavellian, consistent with the name, wants to take you ...