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psychopathy

[sahy-kop-uh-thee] / saɪˈkɒp ə θi /


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Since the 2022 paper, later research has continued to explore how psychopathy relates to brain structure and brain networks.

From Science Daily • May 10, 2026

The authors argued that psychopathy may be better understood through a network-level view of the brain rather than by focusing on one region alone.

From Science Daily • May 10, 2026

“You get people who are verging on psychopathy and you get people who are just troubled.”

From Slate • Jul. 23, 2025

Like with the psychopathy scale: It's a continuous scale with no sharp cutoff point, but you can see the different life trajectories.

From Salon • Mar. 1, 2025

Dealing with IBSEN'S Ghosts at the Kingsway Theatre, the critic of a halfpenny morning paper refers to it as a "medley of weird psychopathy and symbolism."

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, May 9, 1917 by Various




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