Is psychopathy born or bred? Science may finally have the answer thanks to brain scanning technology that reveals anatomical ...

An analysis of hospital records combined with data from the Care Register for Health Care in Finland showed that individuals ...

An online quiz that questions how you approach life goals and interactions with others can reveal if you have psychopathic tendencies. Professor Michael Levenson, an expert in psychology at Oregon ...

Psychopathy is an antisocial personality disorder that is highly correlated with crime and violence. The concept of psychopathy has been known for centuries but only in recent years has there been ...

Written by Patricia Lockwood, Ph.D., and Ruth Pauli, Ph.D., with edits from Jo Cutler, Ph.D. Antisocial behaviours include rule-breaking or criminal behaviour, lying ...

Intimate involvement with partners who are selfish, punitive, and dishonest can feel lonely and painful. Most people have never romantically encountered someone with traits or signs of a psychopath in ...

According to a new study, the structure and function of the brain areas involved in emotions and their regulation are altered in both psychopathic criminal offenders and otherwise well-functioning ...

A cursory scan of the true-crime documentaries abundant on nearly every media platform illustrates our obsession with psychopaths. Any cultural obsession can be productive—but in this instance ...

Psychopathy defined: “A mental disorder roughly equivalent to ‘Antisocial Personality Disorder,’ but with emphasis on affective and interpersonal traits such as superficial charm, pathological lying, ...