Does psychopathy make people fearless? A study published in Cognition and Emotion suggests that people who have psychopathic traits are more likely to take risks, even when faced with a fear-invoking stimuli, and that this may be in part due to an enjoyment of fear. Psychopathy encompasses many traits, including lack of empathy, manipulation, impulsive behavior, and risk-taking. Psychopathy has been linked with low fear due to people high in psychopathy experiencing low anxiety and less physiological arousal in response to alarming stimuli. This lack of fear is associated with the impulsive an…
