Scanning For Psychopaths
A recent finding by Dirk et al. (2016) used brain scans to show how a combination of individual traits function differently in criminals. Specifically, a strong focus on reward and…
Psychopathology
University Of Liverpool’s Improbable Ig Noble Winner: Dr Minna Lyons
Minna Lyons, University of Liverpool wins an Ig Noble award for a study that suggested that people who are higher in the Dark Triad traits of Machiavellianism and secondary psychopathy…
Is Your Boss A Psychopath?
So you think that psychopaths are murderous, axe-wielding maniacs, as depicted in films such as American Psycho and Silence of the Lambs? Think again. According to personality psychology research, psychopathy…
Joffrey Baratheon: King Or Psychopathic Deviate
Tyrone lannister – “We’ve had vicious kings, and we’ve had idiot kings…but I don’t know if we’ve ever been cursed with a vicious idiot for a king!” Jack Gleeson plays…