The research indicates that an area deep within the brain known as the striatum, a crucial hub for reward and motivation, is approximately 10% larger in adults exhibiting psychopathic traits compared ...

Co-author Professor Robert Schug, of California State University, Long Beach, said the study helps reveal how psychopathic traits appear "in those who walk among us each day". The striatum normally ...

Among the newly identified brain cell types were some in the neocortex and the striatum region, which controls movement and ...

Science constantly studies the behavior of the human brain and what leads it to make deadly and unpleasant decisions. Through brain scans, they can make comparisons and check the d ...

Psychopaths have a 10% larger striatum than non-psychopaths, suggesting biological differences in brain structure. This ...