Psychopaths are everywhere in pop culture and on social media, but experts aren’t even sure the diagnosis is a real thing.

Psychopaths share similarities in brain structure that differ to the rest of the population, a new study reveals, a discovery which could be crucial in developing our understanding of this personality ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Psychopaths have different brain structures to the rest of the ...

Scientists have uncovered a striking brain difference linked to psychopathy: people with psychopathic traits were found to have a striatum — a brain region tied to reward, motivation, and ...

In my undergraduate course, Dangerous Minds, I’d use the case of Stephen Stanko to demonstrate problems with neuroscience experts in court: Brain scans aren’t definitive. Stanko, a serial killer, once ...

Scientists have discovered what really separates a cold-blooded psychopath from the average person. A team from the University of Pennsylvania has uncovered stark differences in brain structure that ...

Used carefully, psychopathy research can help the law make better decisions. Used carelessly, it can turn a contested ...