Think psychopath and most of us will probably come up with fictional characters like Patrick Bateman, and famous serial killers like Ted Bundy or Jack the Ripper - maybe even Sherlock Holmes comes to ...

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Check out the unsettling Psychopathy Assessment console launch trailer for the retro-80s V.H.S PS1 style analog horror game that blurs the line between reality and delusion. Step into a universe where ...

When dealing with a psychopath, it can be unnerving to realize just how calculated they can be in choosing their targets. While it’s not about living in fear, understanding the traits psychopaths ...

Psychopaths have different brain structures to the rest of the population, a study has revealed, helping shed new light on one corner of the "dark personality" triad. Diagnosis with psychopathy is ...

A new study has found that psychopaths show structural changes in particular areas of the brain that deal with things like impulse control and emotional regulation. This improved understanding may ...

One of the most enduring ideas about crime — and violence more broadly — is that a lot of it is committed by people we call “psychopaths.” If you didn’t grow up with procedurals like “Law & Order: SVU ...

While not an official diagnosis, "psychopath" describes someone callous, unemotional, and morally depraved. They're hard to spot, especially considering approximately 29% of the general population ...

A wide-ranging pre-trial hearing got under way on Wednesday in the case of a criminology graduate student accused of stabbing to death four University of Idaho students in 2022, with both sides in the ...

Psychopathy is a cluster of traits that relate to exploiting others. That definition includes two separate factors of psychopathy. Factor 1 can be defined as the interpersonal factor. It is associated ...