Madoff aide's lawyer says working for a psychopath blurs sense of right, wrong. Feb. 10, 2014 -- Bernard Madoff: psychopath? That's one of the questions expected to be asked this week in a Manhattan ...

Psychopathy and sociopathy are two terms often used interchangeably, yet they describe different patterns of behavior rooted in distinct emotional and cognitive traits. Both fall under the broader ...

Psychopaths may be capable of empathizing with others in some situations, a new study has found. The study's researchers investigated the brain activity of psychopathic criminals in the Netherlands.

When you think of a person who fits the definition of psychopath, you undoubtedly imagine someone who, in addition to lacking remorse, is incapable of ordinary human empathy. This assumption is so ...

“All AI’s Are Psychopaths” proclaims one headline. “Are We Curating Artificial Psychopaths?” asks another. The AI/psychopath analogy is common, but is it correct? A psychopath is someone who lacks the ...

President Obama's former campaign manager called Donald Trump a "psychopath" Sunday, continuing the 2016 campaign's descent into questions about the heath and mental fitness of the candidates for ...