From Aeon: "Virtually everything you think you know about psychopathy has been thoroughly debunked. Why does this zombie idea live on? In modern science, ...

Not all psychopaths are created equal. In America, about 1.2% of adult men and 0.3% to 0.7% of adult women are considered to have clinically significant levels of psychopathic traits, according to the ...

Over time, increasing numbers of criminal actions, violence, murders, and other crimes in the United States have been linked to perpetrators' psychiatric conditions. This has raised a good deal of ...

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 ...

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 ...

Articles about badly behaved people and how to spot them are common. You don't have to Google or scroll too much to find headlines such as 7 signs your boss is a psychopath or How to avoid the ...

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 ...

Characterized by selfishness, a lack of guilt, and unempathetic values, psychopathic tendencies are largely criticized in today’s society. While some aspects of their personality and disorder can be ...

Madoff aide's lawyer says working for a psychopath blurs sense of right, wrong. Feb. 10, 2014 -- Bernard Madoff: psychopath? That's one of the questions expected to be asked this week in a Manhattan ...