Researchers have wondered how the brain creates emotions since the early days of
psychological science. With a surge of studies in affective neuroscience in recent decades …

Conduct disorder is a childhood behaviour disorder that is characterized by persistent
aggressive or antisocial behaviour that disrupts the child's environment and impairs his or …

While there is a growing literature on “dark traits”(ie, socially aversive traits), there has been
a lack of integration with the burgeoning research literature on positive traits and fulfilling …

In this article I explain why cognitive science (including some neuroscience) matters for
normative ethics. First, I describe the dual-process theory of moral judgment and briefly …

Why do we self-sacrifice to help others in distress? Two competing theories have emerged,
one suggesting that prosocial behavior is primarily motivated by feelings of empathic other …

New York Times bestselling author Sam Harris's first book, The End of Faith, ignited a
worldwide debate about the validity of religion. In the aftermath, Harris discovered that most …

Criminal behaviour and violence are increasingly viewed as worldwide public health
problems. A growing body of knowledge shows that criminal behaviour has a …

Psychopathy is commonly viewed as a personality disorder defined by a cluster of
interpersonal, affective, lifestyle, and antisocial traits and behaviours, including grandiosity …

Linking psychopathy to a specific brain abnormality could have significant clinical, legal, and
scientific implications. Theories on the neurobiological basis of the disorder typically …

Psychopathic behavior is characteristically amoral, but to date research studies have largely
failed to identify any systematic differences in moral judgment capability between …