Psychopaths

Claim That 1 In 10 Wall Street Employees Is A Psychopath Is Disputed [UPDATE]

The Huffington Post | Editor's Note | Posted 05.23.2012

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An article that appeared on The Huffington Post on February 28, 2012, "One Out Of Every Ten Wall Street Employees Is A Psychopath, Say Researchers," w...

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Rich Less Likely To Be Attuned To Others' Suffering, Study Finds

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 12.22.2011

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Social psychologists are making an argument that Occupy Wall Street protesters have been saying for months: Many rich people just aren't in the habit ...

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Are Psychopaths 'Brain-Damaged'?

| Posted 12.06.2011

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By Gary Stix (Click here for the original article) We all have a ghoulish fascination with the Hannibal Lecters of this world. That’s because ma...

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How To Spot Psychopaths Through Their Speech Patterns

Posted 12.24.2011

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All psychopaths might not be the same, but they share similar speech patterns when they recount their crimes, new research shows. Researchers at Co...

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Stockbrokers More Competitive, Willing To Take Risks Than Psychopaths: Study

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 11.26.2011

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Anyone who's watched the wild fluctuations of the stock market this summer may have suspected that something other than cold, dispassionate rationalis...

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WATCH: Is Your Boss A Psychopath?

Posted 07.17.2011

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Even an expert doesn't always know when he's confronted by a psychopath, as Jon Ronson, author of "The Psychopath Test" said last during his interview...

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Which of Our Leaders Are Psychopaths? A Voter and Shareholder Guide

Kim Cranston | Posted 05.25.2011

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Kim Cranston

Were these "leaders" psychopaths? * • Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, Mao Zedong, and Pol Pot, who caused more than 100 million deaths and destroyed co...

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Danger! Empathy and Psychopathy as Competing Value Systems in Politics and Economics

Marcella Mroczkowski | Posted 05.25.2011

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Marcella Mroczkowski

Four to five percent of the population is born without a capacity for empathy. It is a neurological lack. A psychopath may be a genius and become a multimillionaire, but he will never be able to understand empathetic values.

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Psychopaths, Not Psychotics

Robert David Jaffee | Posted 11.17.2011

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Robert David Jaffee

When TV pundits misuse the word 'psychotic' they unintentionally malign a group of people who share six letters with but couldn't be more different from psychopaths.

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A Disturbing New Book About The Columbine Massacre Asks: Do You Know Who Your Children Are?

Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 11.17.2011

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Jesse Kornbluth

Don't call Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold "tormented" or "misunderstood." Because they weren't. They gave away lots of clues. And they totally bamboozled their parents.

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