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Psychopaths have different brain structures to the rest of the population, a study has revealed, helping shed new light on one corner of the "dark personality" triad. Diagnosis with psychopathy is ...

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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 ...

Recent scientific breakthroughs have identified a distinct biological difference in the brains of psychopaths, marking a potential turning point in psychiatry. Advanced brain scans have revealed an ...