Researchers studied psychopathy and mind-reading ability. One result was particularly surprising.

Researchers studied psychopathy and mind-reading ability. One result was particularly surprising.

People who score higher on certain psychopathic traits may actually have a sharper understanding of other people’s thoughts and intentions, according to new research published in the Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry. Specifically, adults who reported more callousness and lack of empathy—traits associated with psychopathic “meanness”—performed better on a test designed to assess how accurately someone can interpret social s…