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Psychopaths and sociopaths are two subtypes of the diagnosable condition called antisocial personality disorder. Here's how to tell them apart.

Not all psychopaths are created equal. In America, about 1.2% of adult men and 0.3% to 0.7% of adult women are considered to have clinically significant levels of psychopathic traits, according to the ...

In a prior post, I discussed how psychopaths lack the brake pedal most of us have that stops us from engaging in immoral behavior. Now a new study shows that this lack of conscience is actually wired ...

Psychologist Robert Hare’s Psychopathy Checklist is the most widely used diagnostic tool to identify psychopathy — not only in prisons and institutions. If you give the test to CEOs or other corporate ...

If someone asked you to imagine a psychopath, who would you picture? Many of us might conjure an image of a violent criminal who will do anything without remorse to get what they want. After all, ...

Rosamund Pike’s electrifying portrayals of predatory caregiver Marla Grayson in “I Care a Lot” and murderous “cool girl” Amy Dunne in “Gone Girl” were studies in calculated madness. And while we all ...

In a new documentary featuring the wives of some oligarchs, Bill Browder spoke about Vladimir Putin, saying he isn't ill the way people think he is.

Tasha Coryell has thought a lot about psychopaths. “They are walking around in regular life. They’re married, they have kids, they have prestigious careers,” said Coryell, whose debut novel, “Love ...