PsyPost May 03, 2026 • 00:15

Brain scans of 800 incarcerated men link psychopathy to an expanded cortical surface area - PsyPost

By Karina Petrova

Brain scans of 800 incarcerated men link psychopathy to an expanded cortical surface area - PsyPost

A large-scale brain imaging study of over 800 incarcerated men reveals that highly psychopathic individuals possess an expanded cortical surface area and a compressed physical brain organization, offering new clues into the biology of empathy and antisocial b…

Individuals with high levels of psychopathy tend to struggle with feeling concern for others, and new research links these psychological traits to specific structural properties of the brain. A recen… [+9556 chars]

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