Psychopaths π§ β What Brain Scans reveal about Evil
-
TaraDeS β 8 months ago(July 26, 2025 07:41 AM)
cryptoflovecraft July 26, 2025 08:59 AM
Member since September 3, 2017
Interesting but inconclusive.
From the article:
"appear charming, articulate and self-confident. At the same time, they're incapable of genuine empathy. They lie pathologically, feel no remorse, carelessly violate social rules and are prone to impulsive or violent actions"
Sounds like so many people I know (or know of) who are ostensibly happy and successful.
"Particularly serial killers often suffered brain injuries as children or youngsters (accidents, brain infections)."
Some have, some haven't. Serial killers are all unique individuals with different life experiences. I don't think there's any one pattern or chain of events that create a serial killer or mass murderer. So many different factors come into play. I don't think it's possible to determine beforehand who is more prone to becoming a murderer. It's one of life's many mysteries.
Perhaps you know more successful psychopaths (who pretend to be happy) than you're aware of?
Yah, I agreeβ¦
"many different factors come into play"
to create a serial killer or mass murderer.
Dysfunctional families, childhood abuse, but even brain injuries are much more often when you dig deeper.
And as far as the criminals and their (dysfunctional) families themselves know or admit it.
Well, what shocked me a bit, how many US-American serial killers have German blood in their veins.
This observation is truly unscientific, but if you look at their family names or their parents' namesβ¦Γ€hem -
TaraDeS β 7 months ago(August 07, 2025 11:42 PM)
3 Signs your Toddler might be on the Path to becoming a Psychopath
(shortened)
New research shows that this personality disorder can in fact be detected in children.
And the signs that parents should look out for.
According to the studies conducted by Professor Essi Viding (50) and her colleagues at University College London, you can detect behavioural traits that can increase a person's risk of developing psychopathy
in children as young as three or four years old.
The professor of developmental psychopathology told The Telegraph:
"You do not get a full-blown personality disorder as a birthday present when you turn 18, so there are clearly children who have these sorts of traits from a very young age."
She also emphasised that there is a difference between children who are badly behaved and those who exhibit what is known as conduct disorder with callous-unemotional (CU) traits. These traits are characterised by a lack of empathy and muted emotions.
You can identify children who are less affected by other people's sadness or who have a harder time regulating their emotions from as early as three years old.
"Of course, identifying these children early on doesn't mean you can definitively predict that someone will become an adult psychopath, but these are the children likely to be at an increased risk compared with their peers."
Among children, around 1% have the combination of conduct disorder with CU traits.
The key signs to look out for
The typical response after being told off by their parent is for the child to feel bad, so they don't want to behave that way again, but this is not the reaction among children possessing psychopathic traits.
The second is that the child struggled to make connections between doing something wrong and suffering the consequences.
The third is that they don't get the same satisfaction from doing or saying things that make others happy, and instead, typically choose to put themselves first.
"Children with high levels of CU traits don't seem to get the same reward out of pleasing others."
Research on CU traits found in young children
In her 25 years of experience, her previous studies and research has led Prof. Viding to argue the case that no one is born a psychopath, but there are people whose genetic makeup puts them at higher risk than others of possessing such tendencies.
The Telegraph also reported that researches at Cambridge University found that children whose hearts beat faster at the age of eight are at lower risk of developing adult psychopathy.
However, treatment is effective and interventions can work. By adapting parenting styles, learning how to help a child to regulate their reactions and emotions, and seeking ongoing professional help, you can prevent these traits from worsening. Unfortunately, getting funding to help these children is an uphill battle.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/fabulous/36157120/toddler-psychopath-three-signs-according-to-professor/
August 05, 2025
Hmmmm, doesn't really convince me.
At this young age, almost all children seem like little psychopaths, who need to socialize, they need education. When toddlers exhibit extreme behavioural issues, it's usually their problematical parental upbringing.
But interesting that 8-year-old children whose hearts beat faster become less often psychopaths.
I've no idea how this was discovered or what it actually means.
Should we now chase children around the house more often so they don't become psychopaths?
-
TaraDeS β 7 months ago(August 10, 2025 07:02 AM)
by /.γ € August 09, 2025 07:01 PM
Member since January 25, 2022
Maybe it's a fear thing and psychopaths are just naturally cool under pressure.
Yah, an anonymous person on the shared account /. exhibits psychopathic patterns. -
TaraDeS β 7 months ago(August 10, 2025 08:02 AM)
Vlad. 32 minutes ago(August 10, 2025 09:22 AM
Member since October 29, 2017
Be quit.
Vlad. August 10, 2025 09:21 AM
Member since October 29, 2017
Are these people βevilβ if their default is to be self interested with no equivocating over morality?
Thatβd not their fault
Vlad was always a parroting blabbermouth. π¦
But this style of replies to me at this place makes me wonder
if that old account is actually still operated by the real Vlad.
-
HollyJollyHanukka β 7 months ago(August 10, 2025 01:27 PM)
If one can distinguish between was is societally correct, and what is not (murder, theft, assault, criminal mischief, etc.), one can and should be held accountable for their actions.
If you canβt say something nice, say something clever but devastating. -
TaraDeS β 7 months ago(August 22, 2025 04:12 PM)
Your Eyes reveal the Psychopath
The word
"psychopath"
often comes to mind when we encounter news of a brutal crime.
Such diagnoses are usually made by using a tool called the Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCR).
Researchers suggest there may be a simpler way: by looking into the eyes.
More precisely, by measuring the size of the pupils. Unlike ordinary people, psychopaths show little to no dilation even when confronted with disturbing or threatening images. The pupils serve a basic optical function β contracting in bright light and dilating in darkness. Yet, by accident, scientists discovered that pupil size is also tied to psychology.
Eckhard Hess, a pioneering psychologist, once found himself engrossed in striking magazine photographs, when his wife pointed out that his pupils had grown noticeably larger. Intrigued, he later tested participants by showing them landscape scenes and photos of attractive people. As expected, the pupils dilated more in response to the latter. In other words, when we encounter someone we find appealing, our eyes portray that attraction.
Interestingly, the effect works in reverse as well. Larger pupils tend to make a person appear more attractive. Psychologists describe this as the
"reciprocity of attraction"
. If pupil dilation signals interest in us, we instinctively find the other person more appealing.
This line of research laid the foundation for an entire field known as pupillometry β the study of psychological responses through pupil size. Today, scientists have found that dilation reflects not only attraction but also the intensity of emotions, both positive and negative, the degree of mental effort and even anticipation of reward.
It has long been said that the eyes are the windows to the soul. Even in the minute shift of a pupil, our inner life is on display. That is why we look each other in the eye when we talk, exchanging not just words but feelings. In an age when many shy away not only from eye contact but even from phone calls, the simple act of meeting someoneβs gaze remains the irreplaceable beginning of human connection.
Choi Hoon - The author is a professor at Hallym University.
β
https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/2025-08-20/opinion/meanwhile/Your-eyes-reveal-the-psychopath---/2379069
August 20, 2025
So, in psychopaths, the pupil moves little or not at allβ¦makes sense.
Probably due to the absence of emotions and not directly related to the brain changes.β
Women in particular, used belladonna (deadly nightshade) to dilate their pupils.
So, if more men now buy belladonna, they should be kept an eye on.
οΈβ -
TaraDeS β 4 months ago(November 04, 2025 06:20 AM)
Psychiatrists find Hollywood's best Psychopath
For 3 years, researchers analyzed 400 film psychopaths.
The winner is disturbingly realistic, Oscar-nominated and frighteningly reminiscent of real killers.
Anton Chigurh (Javier Bardem) from "No Country for Old Men" is the most realistic film psychopath.
β¦.
β¦.
https://www.serienjunkies.de/news/film/400-filme-analysiert-dieser-psychopath-ist-gefaehrlich-real-93984635.html
October 13, 2025
No Country For Old Men (2007) Official Trailer -
TaraDeS β 4 months ago(November 04, 2025 08:27 AM)
NZer November 04, 2025 09:12 AM
Member since March 21, 2017
Anton Chigurh is a stone cold killer. Brilliant acting from Javier Bardem.
Agreed.
No Country for Old Men (2007) The Coin Toss
πͺβπͺβπͺβπͺβπͺβπͺβπͺβπͺβπͺβ -
/.β β β β β 4 months ago(November 04, 2025 06:34 AM)
if the murderer isn't responsible for the murder they directly commit, then who is?
what you're looking for are mitigating circumstances.
it could also be argued that a psychopath would be less likely to commit a crime of passion and should actually be more in control of their actions.
you can argue a lot of things if people are buying your stories. and that's why people who have money get the expensive lawyers who know a million ways to blow smoke in the courtroom. -
TaraDeS β 4 months ago(November 04, 2025 06:39 AM)
/.β β November 04, 2025 07:34 AM
= faked shared account /. π§¦
Member since May 20, 2025
if the murderer isn't responsible for the murder they directly commit, then who is?
what you're looking for are mitigating circumstances.
it could also be argued that a psychopath would be less likely to commit a crime of passion and should actually be more in control of their actions.
you can argue a lot of things if people are buying your stories. and that's why people who have money get the expensive lawyers who know a million ways to blow smoke in the courtroom.
I'm not looking for anything.
Just hang the bunny and almost everyone is happy.
π€ͺ -
TaraDeS β 4 months ago(November 04, 2025 10:25 AM)
/.β βNovember 04, 2025 09:04 AM
= faked shared account /. π§¦
Member since May 20, 2025
let my people go
Chaos Merchant November 04, 2025 09:20 AM
= super-dangerous new sock π§¦
Member since October 23, 2025
It must be quite enjoyable to be a psychopath. No real empathy or stress, just free to manipulate at will and indulge in your vices without remorse. Ahh, what a life
by /.γ € November 04, 2025 11:13 AM
= true shared account /.
Member since January 25, 2022
It's pretty sweet, ngl.
Trolling bunny with a lack of punctuation tries to sound dangerous.π€ͺ