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Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy
https://psychopathysociety.org/
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Drew E. Winters
13 days ago
Important and thoughtful talk from Abigail Marsh on psychopathy and how it often goes unrecognized in everyday life. Worth watching:
youtu.be/P2pU9UCxlKY?...
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Youāve probably met a psychopath and didnāt know it | Abigail Marsh
YouTube video by Big Think
https://youtu.be/P2pU9UCxlKY?si=IcrgOeSHmJXw92kN
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Callous-unemotional traits at age 7 only weakly predictable by earlier temperament:
tinyurl.com/mznttfwx
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Identifying prospective temperament predictors of callous-unemotional traits using machine learning - European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry - Children with callous-unemotional (CU) traits (i.e., low guilt, restricted empathy) are at high risk for disruptive behavior disorders (DBD) across...
https://tinyurl.com/mznttfwx
5 days ago
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Small associations between cortical surface and cortical thickness and conduct problems in a very large international study. At lower (!) callous-unemotional traits some of these associations were stronger:
tinyurl.com/49vrxf23
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Dimensional Associations Between Conduct Problems and Brain Structure Across 18 International Cohorts in ENIGMA
Although conduct problems (CPs) are continuously distributed, little is known about how dimensional measures of CPs map onto brain structure. We thereā¦
https://tinyurl.com/49vrxf23
8 days ago
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Josh Miller
10 days ago
Or, what if brain structure doesn't play a big role in psychopathy given how little it does for personality in general?
psycnet.apa.org/record/2022-...
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https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2022-02069-001
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New review on the neurochemistry of conduct disorder, antisocial personality disorder and psychopathy - still a lot of open questions to answer:
tinyurl.com/mv68v4sv
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The neurochemistry of conduct disorder, antisocial personality disorder, and psychopathy- current evidence and future directions
Increasing evidence from neuroimaging and neurophysiological studies points to structural, functional, and connectivity abnormalities in youths and adā¦
https://tinyurl.com/mv68v4sv
10 days ago
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Amygdala damage does not necessarily lead to lower cognitive or affective empathy:
tinyurl.com/aukme5as
- does that mean that lower motivation for empathy in psychopathy could be related to other structures?
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Empathy motivation is preserved following amygdala damage
Damage to the amygdala is associated with reduced empathic accuracy. However, Scheffer et al. show that patients with amygdala lesions are as motivated to
https://tinyurl.com/aukme5as
10 days ago
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Hedwig Eisenbarth
22 days ago
Big thanks to everyone, participants and helpers who contributed to this study and to
@mburghart.bsky.social
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Hedwig Eisenbarth
22 days ago
We found that people how know each other better in cognitive empathy, but not those higher in psychopathic traits. However, higher psychopathy was related less affective sharing and less physiological synchrony.
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Hedwig Eisenbarth
22 days ago
So excited to share that the first publication from our eMotion project is out: what does empathy look like in interaction with psychopathy?
tinyurl.com/yp8ykphe
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Empathy, physiological synchrony, and psychopathy: preliminary insights from naturalistic dyadic interactions
Empathy forms the basis of all human social interactions. Yet, most existing research neglects the social component of empathy and relies on questionnaires or artificial settings that fail to captu...
https://tinyurl.com/yp8ykphe
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Hedwig Eisenbarth
25 days ago
A great opportunity to reflect with colleagues on psychophysiological correlates of PCL-R assessed psychopathy in this new review paper in a special issue honoring Bob Hare:
tinyurl.com/4bn2duw4
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Psychophysiological Investigation of Psychopathy: From Robert Hare to Contemporary Research - Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment
Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment - Psychophysiological reactivity has been a critical emphasis in the quest to understand the underlying mechanisms of psychopathy. The...
https://tinyurl.com/4bn2duw4
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Donāt forget to register for the SSSP 2026 conference! Registration is open with an early bird discount until 1st April 2026:
tinyurl.com/4rkpz3p2
28 days ago
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We are happy to announce that the program for the 2026 SSSP Biennial Meeting held in Dallas, TX is now available at the following link:
tinyurl.com/4rkpz3p2
28 days ago
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Hedwig Eisenbarth
about 1 month ago
So excited: our paper on "Empathy, physiological synchrony, and psychopathy: Preliminary insights from naturalistic dyadic interactions" just got accepted for publication at Cognition & Emotion - great work by Matthias Burghart and Roydon Goldsack based on our eMotion study - stay tuned
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Higher psychopathy in a community sample found to be related with lower brain connectivity during resting state, only in male bit not female participants:
tinyurl.com/3sk3yrfj
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Resting-state network connectivity correlates of psychopathic traits in a japanese community sample: sex matters
https://tinyurl.com/3sk3yrfj
about 1 month ago
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Hedwig Eisenbarth
about 2 months ago
Psychopathy as a neglected Public Health concern: new opinion piece by Dave Kosson and colleagues:
tinyurl.com/5f42mwjk
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Frontiers | Psychopathy is a neglected public health problem
Although psychopathy has been widely studied within criminal justice contexts, its impact on society is rarely considered in public health contexts. Even so,...
https://tinyurl.com/5f42mwjk
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Hedwig Eisenbarth
about 2 months ago
Interception - here operationalized with the overlap between self-reported arousal feelings with Skin conductance response was found higher in those higher in self-centered impulsivity traits of psychopathy, but lower in those with coldheartedness traits of psychopathy:
tinyurl.com/mr3upt9a
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Frontiers | The association between interoception and psychopathic traits
IntroductionPsychopathic traits are characterized by pervasive emotional deficits, including diminished empathy and remorse, heightened impulsivity, and anti...
https://tinyurl.com/mr3upt9a
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Using the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventoryā3 (MMPI-3) Antagonism (ANT) scale as a proxy measure for Psychopathy - validity tests reported here:
tinyurl.com/dswbnywe
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https://tinyurl.com/dswbnywe
2 months ago
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More evidence for the fear enjoyment hypothesis of psychopathy: people higher in primary / Factor 1 - psychopathy seem to experience fear-evoking contexts more joyful than those lower on these traits:
tinyurl.com/bdfbeda6
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Is the Psychopathic Heart Beating for Fear? A Psychophysiological Investigation of Fear Experience in Psychopathy
The Fear Enjoyment Hypothesis posits that individuals with elevated psychopathy traits experience fear-inducing stimuli less negatively and more positā¦
https://tinyurl.com/bdfbeda6
3 months ago
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Is it the thrill of offending? Thrilling perceptions of violent and non-violent crime found associated with youth offending and their impulsive-irresponsible traits. And: The thrill from peer delinquency seems to weaken with age:
tinyurl.com/bdz4nwc2
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Predicting the Thrill: How Individual and Environmental Factors Shape Thrilling Perceptions of Violent and Non-violent Crime - Journal of Developmental and Life-Course Criminology
This study longitudinally investigates how individual and environmental factors predict thrilling perceptions of criminal behavior using a sample of 1009 justice-involved youth (ages 15ā21) who were f...
https://tinyurl.com/bdz4nwc2
3 months ago
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Evidence for different factors shaping callous-unemotional (CU) traits in children's development: children with CU traits and with higher anxiety seem more influenced by non-shared environmental factors (e.g. adversity) and less by genetics:
tinyurl.com/msvm2dem
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<em>Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry</em> | ACAMH Pediatric Journal | Wiley Online Library
Background Callousāunemotional (CU) traits identify youth with more severe and chronic trajectories of conduct problems. However, the etiology of CU traits may be heterogeneous, undermining the sear...
https://tinyurl.com/msvm2dem
3 months ago
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How do people's momentary emotions interact with their psychopathic traits? Only one replicated effect across two samples: Higher self-centered impulsivity facet of psychopathy associated with higher hostile affect:
tinyurl.com/ye2xnxev
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Socioaffective Dynamics of Psychopathy in Daily Life - Colin E. Vize, Lori N. Scott, Thomas W. Kamarck, Aidan G. C. Wright, 2025
Affective and interpersonal features of psychopathy are considered hallmarks of the disorder. Ecological momentary assessment (EMA), which is well suited for ex...
https://tinyurl.com/ye2xnxev
3 months ago
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Increases in callous-unemotional traits in children with heightened sensitivity to the environment found to partially explained by lower parental empathy:
tinyurl.com/3nn8kaz8
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Low Parental Empathy Predicts CallousāUnemotional Traits in Children With Enhanced Autonomic Sensitivity to the Environment
Introduction Recent evidence suggests that autonomic nervous system functioning can reflect individual differences in sensitivity to the environment, which in turn moderates the effects of family co...
https://tinyurl.com/3nn8kaz8
3 months ago
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Hedwig Eisenbarth
3 months ago
New paper out from our lab by our lab member Aaron Hissey, showing with causal inference modelling that the combination of psychopathic traits has negative impact on their romantic partners over time:
tinyurl.com/562zepp5
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Causal Effect of Psychopathy on Partner WellāBeing: A National Longitudinal Study
Objective Psychopathy is associated with harmful behaviors in romantic relationships, but its causal effect on partner well-being remains elusive. Across two studies, we apply robust observational m...
https://tinyurl.com/562zepp5
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The Abstract submission date has been extended to 15 December 2025. We look forward to more of your best work being submitted for our SSSP 2026 conference.
@ssspstudents.bsky.social
psychopathysociety.org/page/Upcomin...
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Associations between early life trauma and antisocial behaviour found to be mediated by antisocial and psychopathic personality traits in women who offended and from an UG population:
tinyurl.com/kww83xf7
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Assessing the Relationship Among Childhood Maltreatment, Personality Dysfunction, and Externalizing Behavior | Journal of Personality Disorders
Research has sought to understand the relationship among childhood maltreatment, maladaptive personality, and antisocial behaviors. However, most of the literature overlooks possible gender differences by using primarily male samples. The current study examined these relationships, focusing on the mediating role of personality dysfunction, in samples of women who are incarcerated (N = 200) and undergraduate students (N = 187). Correlations revealed moderate to strong associations among childhood trauma, personality psychopathology, and antisocial behavior (rs = .31-.66). The findings demonstrated a mediation pathway from childhood trauma to BPD (β = .37) and ASPD/psychopathy (βs = .25-.34) to antisocial behavior (βs = .35-.67). This study provides a comprehensive understanding of the associations among childhood trauma, personality psychopathology, and antisocial behavior. Additionally, it expands existing research by presenting a mediation model, demonstrating the role of personality dysfunction in mediating the relationship between childhood maltreatment and antisocial behavior in women.
https://tinyurl.com/kww83xf7
4 months ago
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Identifying latent profiles of psychopathy in general and higher psychopathic groups of people who offended: some overlaps but also some differences:
tinyurl.com/6dn7bnpj
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Comparing Psychopathy Subgroups Based on Restricted and Unrestricted Offender Samples | Medical Research Archives
https://tinyurl.com/6dn7bnpj
4 months ago
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Neuroendocrine profiles of undergraduate women show a hypoactive and a hyperactive profile for those high on Callous-Unemotional variant, maybe related to different types of stress dysregulation:
tinyurl.com/bc29x6ty
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Neuroendocrine profiles in relation to female callous-unemotional traits and distress facilitation
Emerging evidence supports that primary and secondary callous-unemotional (CU) variants show distinct physiological correlates, though prior research ā¦
https://tinyurl.com/bc29x6ty
4 months ago
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Childhood physical neglect found to be strongest related to psychopathic traits in adulthood in a community sample while other types of abuse or neglect's associations differed base on gender:
tinyurl.com/yf2bup68
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Influence of Child Abuse and Neglect on Psychopathy
Psychopathy is the confluence of antagonism toward others (meanness), fearless social dominance (boldness), and difficulty controlling impulses (disinhibition) and is at the root of many social woes. One factor associated with high levels of psychopathy in adulthood is a history of abuse and neglect in childhood. Although there are several studies on this topic, there is little research on the relative association of child abuse and neglect with psychopathy as measured using contemporary assessment instruments (i.e., incorporating indicators of meanness, boldness, and disinhibition). In this study, we address this issue by examining the influence of child abuse and neglect on a composite measurement of psychopathy in two samples (435 college students and 399 women and men recruited online) using a partial least squares approach to structural equation modeling. Results suggest that across both samples, childhood physical neglect is the strongest predictor of psychopathy in adulthood. However, the influence of other forms of abuse/neglect differs depending on both the sample and gender. These findings shed light on the developmental antecedents of psychopathy and have implications for future study and clinical intervention with people with high levels of psychopathy.
https://tinyurl.com/yf2bup68
4 months ago
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In a large Swedish population base study, high resting heart rate found related to lower (!) risk of white collar crime (not low resting heart rate):
tinyurl.com/5n728d8h
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High resting heart rate reduces risk of white-collar criminality
Low resting heart rate (RHR) is considered the best-replicated biological correlate for antisocial and conventional criminal behaviors, but there is lā¦
https://tinyurl.com/5n728d8h
4 months ago
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The Abstract submission date has been extended to 15 December 2025. We look forward to more of your best work being submitted for our SSSP 2026 conference.
@ssspstudents.bsky.social
psychopathysociety.org/page/Upcomin...
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Hedwig Eisenbarth
4 months ago
Callous-unemotional traits positively correlated with attachment avoidance and negatively with attachment anxiety in justice involved youth, but emotion regulation or trauma exposure do not explain that association:
tinyurl.com/y6a7yv8e
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Callous-Unemotionality in a Sample of Justice-Involved Adolescents: Distinct Associations With Attachment Avoidance and Attachment Anxiety - Child Psychiatry & Human Development
Attachment insecurity is associated with callous-unemotionality (CU), but few studies have considered whether specific dimensions of insecurity are differentially associated with CU. The first aim of ...
https://tinyurl.com/y6a7yv8e
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Hedwig Eisenbarth
4 months ago
Higher emotional callousness found to be correlated with lower self-concept as depending on others as an individual, but not as a member of a group; boldness associated with an independent self perception:
tinyurl.com/8dvfbrd5
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Psychopathy and SelfāConstrual: TraitāSpecific Associations With Independent and Interdependent SelfāConstrual
Three direct replication studies were conducted to investigate the association between psychopathy and self-construal. Participants were undergraduate college students who completed two comprehensive....
https://tinyurl.com/8dvfbrd5
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Hedwig Eisenbarth
4 months ago
Differential amygdala reactivity in response to emotional facial expressions for female versus male youth with conduct problems with/without callous-unemotional traits pointing to distinct pathways:
tinyurl.com/2e3x3t87
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Brain Responses During Face Processing in Conduct Disorder: Considering Sex and Callous-Unemotional Traits
Functional magnetic resonance imaging studies of conduct disorder (CD) have mostly been limited to males. Here, we examined whether male and female youths with CD showed similar or distinct alteration...
https://tinyurl.com/2e3x3t87
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Hedwig Eisenbarth
4 months ago
Extensive examination of self and other-reported narcissistic, psychopathic and Machiavellian traits: higher correlation between self and other reports than expected but structural variance:
tinyurl.com/4ce42nfy
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Hedwig Eisenbarth
4 months ago
Emotion recognition from music shown to be lower in 3-5 year olds with higher on callous-unemotional traits:
tinyurl.com/2rx8jmh8
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<em>Child Development</em> | SRCD Journal | Wiley Online Library
Music is a powerful medium to study emotion recognition. However, findings are mixed regarding the proficiency of young children to detect emotion conveyed by music. Moreover, we lack knowledge about...
https://tinyurl.com/2rx8jmh8
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Mathias V. Schmidt
7 months ago
Important initiative š
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Dr. Stephanie Craig
4 months ago
Check out my lab member's entry to a CIHR IHDCYH short video competition. Here is a short video on the rise of aggression from COVID:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbv5...
Here is the link to vote (vote for Suzanna Dinh):
cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/54519.html
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Why is There a Rise in Youth Aggression?
YouTube video by Suzanna D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbv5cUg4Q3o
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Hedwig Eisenbarth
5 months ago
A resting state based neural activity map related to the "dark triad" - higher scores on all dark triad scales related to increased Central Executive Neural Network and decreased Default Mode Network activity:
tinyurl.com/5f2hhuw6
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Neural fingerprint of the dark triad: Resting state BOLD power (fALFF) alterations in executive and default mode networks - Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience
The neural foundations of the Dark Triad (DT) personality traitsānarcissism, Machiavellianism, and psychopathyāremain largely unexplored despite their profound impact on social behavior. Previous rese...
https://tinyurl.com/5f2hhuw6
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Hedwig Eisenbarth
5 months ago
New study with women in prison showed both, hypoarousal and heightened threat reactivity:
tinyurl.com/37wz2yx2
- we need to understand the emotional dysregulation in women high on psychopathy better.
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Emotional Processing of Pictures and Psychopathic Traits in Women Who Committed Crimes
Psychopathy involves emotional deficits and affective processing difficulties, yet its relationship with emotional processing in incarcerated women remains underexplored. This study examines associ...
https://tinyurl.com/37wz2yx2
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Different yet partially overlapping: Autism Spectrum, Oppositional Defiant, Conduct Disorder share symptoms and vary in Emotional dysregulation and Callous-Unemotional trait links shown here:
tinyurl.com/3m6h75y5
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In a large Dutch longitudinal sample, SES showed protective role for effects of psychopathy on criminality, but parental absence, parental monitoring and adverse childhood experiences moderate effects on criminality:
tinyurl.com/mu7y85et
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5 months ago
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Natalie Goulter
5 months ago
2x Senior Lecturer/Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Psychology positions at Flinders University. Both full-time research and teaching continuing (tenure track equivalent) positions that are open in terms of the field of psychological research. Happy to answer any questions!
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Shawn Rhoads
5 months ago
š¢ Thrilled to share our paper is out now in
@natcomms.nature.com
Shared computations underlie how we acquire actions that are mutually beneficial, instrumentally harmful (benefits self at the expense of others), altruistic (benefit others at the expense of self), or mutually costly š§µ
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Neurocomputational basis of learning when choices simultaneously affect both oneself and others
Nature Communications - When learning to make choices that simultaneously affect the self and others, asymmetric encoding of information guides future social behaviors across mutually beneficial,...
https://rdcu.be/eL8mZ
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We are now inviting submissions for the 11th biennial meeting of SSSP that will be held at the Dallas Marriott Downtown in Dallas, TX, USA on May 6-9th, 2026. The deadline for submissions is December 1st, 2025. Please see
tinyurl.com/352zbztk
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We are now inviting submissions for the 11th biennial meeting of SSSP that will be held at the Dallas Marriott Downtown in Dallas, TX, USA on May 6-9th, 2026. The deadline for submissions is December 1st, 2025. Please see
tinyurl.com/352zbztk
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How are psychopathic traits and sadism related to executive functioning in a general population sample? Sadism related to enhanced functions, but Erratic Lifestyle, Callous Affect and Antisocial Behavior each related to reduced functional impairment:
tinyurl.com/3k46aze6
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The indirect effects of psychopathy and sadism on functional impairment through executive functioning - Current Psychology
Previous work has produced conflicting findings on psychopathy and executive functioning (EF) and had yet to consider the role of sadism with the four-factor model of psychopathy. Further, the effects...
https://tinyurl.com/3k46aze6
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Persistence of psychopathic traits and related offending in young people, turning points have little impact:
tinyurl.com/4emmb23s
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Influence of Psychopathic Traits on Desistance Factors From Criminal Behavior During Transition to Adulthood
This study examined the evolution of psychopathic traits from adolescence to adulthood over a 10-year period, focusing on their impact on delinquency. It also assessed whether psychosocial maturati...
https://tinyurl.com/4emmb23s
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Hedwig Eisenbarth
7 months ago
Young people with callous-unemotional traits who are easily cognitively overloaded show less prosocial behavior, but those not affected by cognitive demands don't show such reduction:
tinyurl.com/ycyac5en
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CallousāUnemotional Trait Prosocial Limitations Are Moderated by Cognitive Control Impacting Theory of Mind in Adolescents
Although callous-unemotional (CU) traits are linked with antisocial behavior, affected youth still engage in some prosocial behaviors. The factors contributing to prosocial behavior in these youth ar...
https://tinyurl.com/ycyac5en
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Hedwig Eisenbarth
9 months ago
Great discussion by Eva Kimonis and colleague of a paper discussing reflections of health carers about "difficult-to-treat" veteran clients, touching on psychopathy and callous-unemotional traits - a call to work on this:
tinyurl.run/aZU1pe
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Hedwig Eisenbarth
9 months ago
New meta analysis shows that (mainly secondary) psychopathy is related to lower task performance, worse organizational citizenship behavior and more counterproductive work behavior:
tinyurl.run/xGe8ow
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