For instance, in a 2022 study people higher in psychopathic traits showed lower brain activity with pressure pain. When we conducted our recent research on pain and people with different levels of ...

Psychopaths are typically less anxious and ... Studies suggest PwS have differences in their prefrontal cortex, the part of the brain that helps make decisions. These differences may explain ...

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.

Find out about the indicative behaviours doctors look out for when making a diagnosis of psychopathy. Brain scans have found differences in the activity in some parts of the brain between violent ...

For example, a 2015 study found people higher in psychopathy demonstrated lower levels of brain activity when seeing other people in painful situations. In our study, we found that people higher ...