{"id":224124,"date":"2025-10-28T02:15:15","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T07:15:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/10\/scientists-discover-a-key-biological-difference-between-psychopaths-and-normal-people"},"modified":"2025-10-28T02:15:15","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T07:15:15","slug":"scientists-discover-a-key-biological-difference-between-psychopaths-and-normal-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/10\/scientists-discover-a-key-biological-difference-between-psychopaths-and-normal-people","title":{"rendered":"Scientists Discover a Key Biological Difference Between Psychopaths and Normal People"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/scientists-discover-a-key-biological-difference-between-psychopaths-and-normal-people2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Psychopaths have a 10% larger striatum than non-psychopaths, suggesting biological differences in brain structure. This enlargement is tied to impulsivity and a higher craving for stimulation.<\/p>\n<p>The discovery, seen in both men and women, points to psychopathy\u2019s roots in neurodevelopment. It could lead to better understanding and interventions for antisocial behavior.<\/p>\n<p>Brain scans reveal key difference in psychopaths.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Psychopaths have a 10% larger striatum than non-psychopaths, suggesting biological differences in brain structure. This enlargement is tied to impulsivity and a higher craving for stimulation. The discovery, seen in both men and women, points to psychopathy\u2019s roots in neurodevelopment. It could lead to better understanding and interventions for antisocial behavior. Brain scans reveal key [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":427,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-224124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biological","category-neuroscience"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/427"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=224124"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224124\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=224124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=224124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=224124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}