David Kosson Regardless of how you have gotten here, we welcome you and thank you for your support. To help people to understand in real terms the impact of people with psychopathic traits on others, we are posting here two stories based on actual people and a brief video message in which we share several red flags … Read more
Written by Sandra Michels and the Research Committee Blair (2005) has stated that the empathy system is comprised of three main neural networks, which drive emotional empathy, cognitive empathy and motor empathy. The neural networks can work partially alone, but an empathic response typically involves all three neural networks working together. Emotional empathy is an … Read more
Written by Alexa Larouche Wilson and the Research Committee Non-verbal cues tell us much about a person, and individuals who are predatory, with psychopathic traits, may be especially good at reading them. This means that they might have a natural ability to read cues that are indicative of one’s vulnerability to victimization, which would help … Read more
The recent economic slowdown and transitions that companies are going through are creating a favorable environment for corporate psychopaths. This was just one of the issues raised by Dr. Paul Babiak at the Aftermath Foundation’s Web Conversation on May 19, 2015. In his talk, Dr. Babiak, a leading industrial and organizational psychologist and co-author … Read more
Written by Sandra Michels and the Research Committee According to Brook and Kosson (2013), an empathic interaction between people is comprised of three different types of exchanges, emotional, motor and cognitive. While the emotional and motor components of such an exchange allow individuals to share feelings and mirror each other’s movements at a subconscious level, … Read more
Written by Dr. Rhonda Freeman and the Research Committee Neuroscience research has been making gains within the study of psychopathy to help us better identify and potentially treat this condition. One of its important contributions is the recognition and identification of correlations between specific regions of the brain and the behavior and emotional processing abilities … Read more
