Sara Lapsley, working with Dr. Adelle Forth at Carleton University, is conducting a study to improve our understanding of the experiences and impact of being in a romantic relationship with someone with perceived psychopathic traits. There is room for more participants in this study. She is seeking participants 18 years or over who have had … Read more
Dr. Arielle Baskin-Sommers is an Associate Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry at Yale University. In her answers, Dr. Baskin-Sommers: clarifies how psychopathy and antisocial personality disorder differ in regards to emotional processing; discusses an intervention strategy to address the cognitive dysfunction seen in individuals with psychopathic traits; discusses whether individuals with psychopathy can learn from their … Read more
Dr. Angela Book is a Professor in the Department of Psychology, at Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, in Canada. She spoke to Dr. David Kosson about her investigations into the possibility that people with psychopathy function as social predators. Some of the topics she addresses include the question of whether people with psychopathy are: 1) good … Read more
Dr. Michael Woodworth, Ph.D., is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at UBC Okanagan in Kelowna, B.C., Canada. In his answers, Dr. Woodworth considers what impact interacting online might have on the ability of people with psychopathic traits to manipulate and deceive others. Further, he discusses some potentially promising findings which point to ways … Read more
Lying to Others I don’t really remember exactly when I caught my ex-husband’s first lie, but I do remember as time went on and I got to know him better I noticed that from time to time he would exaggerate when telling stories (if the fish was one foot long it must have been two … Read more
Dr. Kosson recently spoke with Ms. Tegan Osmond about psychopathy. In a videotaped interview on her Youtube channel, he discusses: the prevalence of psychopathy versus antisocial personality disorder; the role of genetic and environmental factors in the development of psychopathy subtypes of psychopathy; maladaptive coping in people with psychopathy; and the impact of psychopathic traits … Read more
