While not every charming person you meet will be a sociopath, if you feel like you're being manipulated, gaslighted, or otherwise messed with by an exceedingly lovely (read: cunning) person, it is ...

A sociopath is a person who has a personality disorder defined by the absence of conscience and severely antisocial behavior. The most distinctive trait of a sociopath is their indifference towards ...

Sociopaths are known for their lack of empathy. When they form relationships with others, they usually have a self-serving motivation for it. Spotting sociopathic tendencies right away isn't easy. In ...

Impulsivity. Deceit. Lack of empathy. Lack of remorse. Manipulation. Repeated law breaking. These are the textbook traits of a sociopath. And we all know how sociopaths end up, right? You refer to ...

What exactly is a sociopath? Many people might think of killers, criminals, the cruel and heartless, Jack Nicholson's character in The Shining. That's the common wisdom. But it's being challenged by a ...

THE SOCIOPATH NEXT DOOR: The Ruthless Versus the Rest of Us. By Martha Stout. Broadway, 241 pp. $24.95. 'What's this book about?" the airport security guard asked me, having minutely inspected all the ...