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 ...

Scientists have uncovered a dedicated brain circuit that distinguishes between direct fear and fear learned by observing others—known as vicarious fear.

A new study published in Biological Psychology has found that people with higher levels of psychopathic meanness show weaker brain responses when viewing emotional facial expressions—including fear, ...