Novelists are always trying to get into the minds of our characters. Sometimes, we draw from personal experience, like method actors. Often, though, we have to inhabit a state of mind we've never ...

Psychopaths leave a trail of confusion and division behind them wherever they go, a by-product of their deceptions. They ...

If the next person you meet says or does any of these things, they just might be a psychopath.

When you think of a psychopath, you might picture someone lurking in the shadows, plotting their next big move. In reality, many psychopaths blend seamlessly into everyday life, often causing damage ...

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 ...

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, ...

One of the most enduring ideas about crime — and violence more broadly — is that a lot of it is committed by people we call “psychopaths.” If you didn’t grow up with procedurals like “Law & Order: SVU ...

In 1885, an English psychiatrist published the case of a man called W.B., who had spent much of his life cycling through jail and asylums. W.B. was “a quiet and useful man,” the doctor wrote in The ...