Psychopathy and Other Dark Traits Show in People's Faces

Psychopathy and other dark traits show in people's faces

Composite faces were used to see how easy it is to spot people with psychopathy, narcissism and Machiavellianism.

Women are more attracted to men with psychopathic traits

New findings  conducted by researchers from Hunan Normal University in China - show that men with psychopathic traits are more appealing to the opposite sex. In the study, the researchers showed photos of men with varying degrees of Dark Triad traits - narcissism, Machiavellianism and psychopathy -  to over 500 women, who were asked to rate the men in terms of attractiveness and trustworthiness. The results revealed that the images of th…

Is it possible to detect if someone is narcissistic or even psychotic just by looking at his face? A new study suggests that he is. Researchers from the Turkish universities Yasar, Baskent and Kadir Has conducted three experiments with the participation of 880 people from the United States and Turkey to detect the “dark scratches” of the personality. The results showed that the participants were able to identify with some precision the three tra…

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