Perhaps the most promising work that suggests people with psychopathy can change has been conducted with young people.

Psychopathy is often associated with extreme or criminal behavior, but psychopathic traits exist on a spectrum and can appear in everyday relationships.

A study finds flaws in the use of scores from psychopathy tests in court, but fails to address the influence on juries of cultural portrayals of psychopathy.

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A psychological assessment test often used to evaluate psychopathy in Canadian criminal cases is unreliable and prone to unconscious bias on the part of expert witnesses, according to research from ...

Scientists exploring new ways to address psychopathic traits have found that gentle electrical or magnetic stimulation of the ...

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Should a diagnosis of psychopathy be reason to sentence a criminal lightly or extend time behind bars? According to new research, judges are likely to add prison time to the sentences of psychopaths, ...

According to a Finnish study, the structure and function of the brain areas involved in emotions and their regulation are altered in both psychopathic criminal offenders and otherwise well-functioning ...

According to a new study, the structure and function of the brain areas involved in emotions and their regulation are altered in both psychopathic criminal offenders and otherwise well-functioning ...