Dark Personality Traits in Politicians Fuel Political Polarization

Summary: New research reveals that politicians with narcissistic, psychopathic, or Machiavellian traits significantly increase affective polarization among voters. When citizens identify ideologically with such leaders, they become more hostile toward…

Prevalence of Female Psychopaths: More Common than Believed

Summary: Researchers provide novel insights into female psychopathy, challenging the conventional 6:1 male-to-female psychopath ratio with new evidence suggesting a closer 1.2:1 ratio. The research indicates that societal gender biases…

Spotting Corporate Psychopaths – Neuroscience News

Summary: Research sheds light on how to identify and manage individuals termed ‘corporate psychopaths’ within the business realm. These individuals, making up roughly 1% of adults, lack emotions such as…

Dark Traits, Broken Sleep: How Machiavellianism and Psychopathy Impact Rest

Summary: A recent study delves into the link between the Dark Triad personality traits—Machiavellianism, psychopathy, and narcissism—and sleep quality, particularly in individuals with affective disorders (AD). Using data from 657…

Behavioral Parallels: The Shared Routes of Aggression and Psychopathy

Summary: Aggressive and psychopathic individuals have difficulty shedding hostile behaviors once they’ve adopted them, according to new research. A mathematical model applied to a task assessing hostile responses confirmed this…