When unpacking the features that make up psychopathy, it can be hard to know where to begin. Three key qualities emerge from ...

Psychopathic people have great difficulty or are even unable to show empathy and regulate their emotions. According to a new study by Matthias Burghart, a Max Planck researcher in Freiburg, this could ...

Also surprising was that the majority of these potential psychopaths were women. The study comes from Dr Fiona Girkin, a ...

If someone asked you to imagine a psychopath, who would you picture? Many of us might conjure an image of a violent criminal who will do anything without remorse to get what they want. After all, ...

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Psychopaths may be capable of empathizing with others in some situations, a new study has found. The study's researchers investigated the brain activity of psychopathic criminals in the Netherlands.

Abigail Marsh has found that many psychopaths don’t want to be cruel and uncaring, and argues that they deserve support to ...

Recent research indicates that incarcerated women with psychopathic traits exhibit unexpected patterns of emotional processing, particularly when viewing unpleasant images. A new study suggests that ...

To add to the confusion, other personality disorders have been associated with criminal behavior and serial murder.