"The term sociopath is sometimes used to signify that origin of anti-social behavior. Now we know it's a lot more complicated." ...

Psychopathy and sociopathy are two terms often used interchangeably, yet they describe different patterns of behavior rooted in distinct emotional and cognitive traits. Both fall under the broader ...

Living the “fast life” says more about a person than their proclivity for risk-taking. How do you tell if your man’s a psychopath? They’ve got an amazing online game, apparently. German scientists ...

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 ...

“Deception is ubiquitous within the psychopathic process," notes psychopathy researcher J. Reid Meloy, Ph.D. "Deception within the psychopathic process is characterized by intent, goal direction, and ...

Many people believe it is possible to recognize a psychopath by their eyes. But what can a person’s gaze really reveal?

I visited the offices of the Mind Research Network last week to see the facilities and talk in person with Dr. Kent Kiehl. I’ve interviewed him before by phone, and last year I reviewed his book, The ...

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.

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 ...

A recent study suggests that high psychopathic traits are linked to reduced thickness in brain regions responsible for processing emotions. This neural pattern appears consistently, regardless of a ...

If any show could take on the neuropsychiatry behind psychopathy, it’s The Irrational. “Psychopath” is one of those buzzwords that’s lost all meaning in most of the TV world, and most shows that ...