Psychopaths’ Disregard for Others is Not Automatic
If there is a specific goal they want to accomplish, psychopaths are able to consider the thoughts of others, a new study reveals.... Read More...
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Psychopaths are Better at Learning to Lie
A new study using university students reveals those with high psychopathic traits showed a significantly reduces response time when being prompted to lie following training than those low levels of the traits. Researchers say their findings provide evidence that those with higher psychopathic traits may be better at learning to lie.... Read More...
Probing Psychopathic Brains
Taking a mobile neuroimaging system on the road to prisons, researchers look at the brain activity of those considered to be psychopaths and discover their brains are wired in a way that leads them to over-value immediate rewards while neglecting future consequences.... Read More...
Testosterone Influences Emotional Regulation in Psychopathic Brain
Researchers provide a neuro-hormonal explanation for emotional regulation problems in psychopathic patients.... Read More...
A Neurological Basis for the Lack of Empathy in Psychopaths
Atypical activation and negative functional connectivity between the insula and ventromedial prefrontal cortex could explain why psychopaths lack empathy.... Read More...
‘Psychopaths’ Have An Impaired Sense of Smell
People with psychopathic tendencies have an impaired sense of smell, which points to inefficient processing in the front part of the brain (orbitofrontal cortex) according to a new study.... Read More...
Psychopathy Linked to Specific Structural Abnormalities in the Brain
New research provides the strongest evidence to date that psychopathy is linked to specific structural abnormalities in the brain.The study, published in A... Read More...
Project to Use Prison Research in Studying Neural Basis of Psychopathy
A leading University of Chicago researcher on empathy is launching a project to understand psychopathy by studying criminals in prisons.Jean Decety, the Irv... Read More...