According to new research, U.S. presidents who have been successful in the White House possess some personality traits that are similar with psychopaths. In fact, they tend to be "more like psychopaths than the general population." And here we thought the wrong party taking office was our...
All children play up from time to time, but deep-down, some are incredibly badly behaved. While it's easy enough to spot them in the playground, researchers are struggling to come to terms with whether it's possible to diagnose children as being real—and perhaps even dangerous—psychopaths. More »
Images of prisoners' brains show important differences between those who are diagnosed as psychopaths and those who aren't, according to a new study led by University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers. The results could help explain the callous and impulsive anti-social behavior exhibited by some...