20 Signs That You Are A Psychopath
This week, Live Science reported on a new study that revealed psychopaths’ brains may be hard-wired to make them devoid of empathy. The study looked at 121 inmates at a medium-security prison in the United States. It divided them into groups of highly, moderately, and weakly psychopathic inmates. (About 23% of inmates are psychopathic compared to 1% of the general population, according to that study.) Researchers then scanned the inmates’ brains, showed them images of somebody getting hurt, and asked them to imagine another human being experiencing that agony. Brain areas tied with empathy — the anterior insula, the anterior … Continue reading 20 Signs That You Are A Psychopath