Are you a Psychopath?
The Psychopaths can appear normal, even charming. Underneath, they lack conscience and empathy, making them manipulative, volatile and often (but by no means always) criminal.
Psychopathic Traits include glib and superficial charm; grandiose sense of self; pathological lying; cunning and manipulative; lack of remorse or guilt; and lack of empathy.
However, researches show some other weird traits of psychopaths.
- Psychopaths have a poor sense of smell
Researchers at the Macquarie University in Sydney discovered that psychopaths have trouble identifying certain smells.
The study used 79 non-criminal psychopaths. Researchers gave them sticks imbued with scents containing various smells such as coffee, orange and leather. The results showed that the higher the psychopaths scored on the psychopathy test the worse their sense of smell was.
- Psychopaths tend to post more selfies
One study from Ohio State explored the correlation between narcissistic men and psychopathy. The results showed that men who posted more selfies on social media were much more likely to have psychopathic traits.
- Psychopaths use the same language
In research led by Jeffrey Hancock at Cornell University, 52 murderers were interviewed, in particular, about their crimes.
A computer program was then used to analyse the data. A few idiosyncrasies in their speech were noted. For example, they always talked in the past tense and frequently said words such as ‘um’ and ‘ah’ more.
- Psychopaths do not learn from their mistakes
According to one study from the University of Montreal, healthy non-offenders, violent offenders who had psychopathic traits, and violent offenders with no psychopathy. Image-matching games were played to all three groups and it was noted that the ones with psychopathy did not change the way they behaved in relation to the “punishment” in the game.
- Female and male psychopaths may be very different
Studies show that whilst male psychopaths are dangerous to others, female psychopathy manifests itself as mental illnesses, so it is harder know exactly what they are thinking and to identify them.
- Presidents have many psychopathic traits
Researchers from Emory University examined every US president. They rated them according to certain factors, including abuse of power, handling crises and extramarital affairs. None of the presidents were fully psychopathic, but many ticked a lot of Hare’s Psychopathy Checklist. The US president that scored the highest was Teddy Roosevelt, with John F. Kennedy second and Franklin D. Roosevelt third.
- Psychopaths and heroes are remarkably similar
Heroes and psychopaths have many traits that overlap, including impulsivity, breaking the rules, and one who challenges authority. Often described as ‘twigs off the same branch’, the very characteristics that make one person a hero, can also make a psychopath.
- Psychopaths prefer rap music
Psychopaths tend to listen more to rap music, according to a new study, with acts such as Eminem and Blackstreet scoring highly. The study played 260 songs to 200 people alongside tests for psychopathy and the preference for rap was revealed.
Source:
Learning Mind
Further Readings:
Without Conscience
Women Who Love Psychopaths
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