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

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

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 recent analysis of brain scans from over 800 incarcerated men reveals that those scoring high for psychopathy possess an expanded brain surface area and a compressed organizational layout of their brain tissue. The resulting paper appears in the journal B…