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          FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology
          ·June 23, 2017·6 min read

          Chatter in the Deep Brain Spurs Empathy in Rats

          Study sheds light on how the brain coordinates complex decision involving empathy and altruism.
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          ·May 17, 2023·5 min read

          Corporate Psychopaths: Unmasking the Silent Threat to Financial Stability

          A new study highlights the need for corporations to identify and manage "corporate psychopaths" to prevent financial crises. The research, focusing on Bernie Madoff, the perpetrator of the largest Ponzi scheme in history, underscores how certain psychopathic traits can lead to recklessness and greed, potentially causing organizational and economic collapse.
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          ·March 6, 2020·4 min read

          Rats avoid to hurt other rats: Findings shed light on human empathy disorders

          Rats show altruistic behavior and avoid harming other rats. Researchers report harm aversion is deeply engrained in our biology. The findings pave the way to increasing harm aversion in those with empathy disorders, such as psychopathy and sociopathy.
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          ·December 5, 2019·4 min read

          Rats use same brain area as humans to empathize with others

          Reducing activity in the anterior cingulate decreases empathetic responses in rats. The data suggests an observer shares the emotions of others as it enables them to prepare for danger.
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          ·March 15, 2021·4 min read

          Bullies, Thieves and Chiefs: The Hidden Cost of Psychopaths at Work

          It is estimated that 1% of the general population has psychopathic traits. Among the upper echelons of corporations, up to 3.5% of employees are psychopathic, with the percentage rising for those who are chief executives. Researchers investigate how those with psychopathic traits impact the workplace for other employees, and how corporate psychopaths end up costing the economy billions of dollars due to their unethical behaviors.
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          ·March 16, 2021·5 min read

          The Preferred Jobs of Serial Killers and Psychopaths

          Researchers investigate why people with psychopathic traits, and those who engage in acts of mass killing, tend to gravitate to certain careers.
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          ·October 2, 2018·2 min read

          “Dark Triad” of Personality Reflected in Dreams

          Researchers report those with dark triad personality traits tend to dream more about aggression and sex.
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          ·July 5, 2017·6 min read

          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.
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          ·September 20, 2012·2 min read

          ‘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.
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          ·April 18, 2017·5 min read

          The Impossibility of Immorality

          According to researchers, by default, we tend to view immoral acts as if they were simply impossible.
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          ·September 28, 2017·5 min read

          For Boys At Risk of Psychopathy, Laughter Isn’t So Contagious

          According to a new study, boys who show behaviors consistent with psychopathic traits report they did not want to join in with laughter as much as their peers. Additionally, neuroimaging revealed reduced response to the sound of laughter in areas of the brain associated with emotional perception.
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          ·August 5, 2011·2 min read

          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....
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