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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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·March 30, 2017·6 min read

Tests Can Help Quantify Automatic Empathy and Moral Intuitions

Researchers have developed new tests and math models to help quantify automatic moral and empathetic judgement.

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·August 10, 2016·4 min read

Psychopathy of 1,800 Prisoners Leads to Novel Diagnostic Tool

Researchers have developed a new method for assessing psychopathy.

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·August 5, 2016·4 min read

Brain Network of Psychopathic Criminal Functions Differently

Researchers report a strong focus on reward coupled with a lack of self control appears to drive criminal psychopaths.

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·January 21, 2016·4 min read

Testosterone Influences Emotional Regulation in Psychopathic Brain

Researchers provide a neuro-hormonal explanation for emotional regulation problems in psychopathic patients.

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·August 20, 2015·2 min read

People with Psychopathic Traits Less Likely to “Catch” a Contagious Yawn

According to a new study, those with psychopathic characteristics are less likely to react to a contagious yawn as their more empathetic peers.

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·September 24, 2013·3 min read

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.

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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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·May 7, 2012·2 min read