A new study published in Biological Psychology has found that people with higher levels of psychopathic meanness show weaker ...

Adults who experienced dysfunctional parenting in childhood may struggle more with daily functioning later in life, and this ...

A recent study conducted in the Netherlands found that individuals with heightened psychopathic traits exhibited reduced sensitivity to pain caused by electrical stimulation. In turn, those who were ...

We found that participants higher in psychopathy reported feeling less pain than participants who were lower in psychopathy.

People with dark personalities like to think they rule the world. New research on conflict styles suggests how bad things can ...

A research group used a scientific analysis to determine whether a group of serial killers thought to be psychopaths actually ...

But our recent research is showing they have a complex relationship with pain which may in part be responsible for their lack of empathy. Psychopathic traits are on a spectrum. We all have levels ...

The following is a summary of “Individual-level deviations from normative brain morphology in violence, psychosis, and psychopathy,” published in the April 2025 issue of Translational Psychiatry by ...