When playing The Sims 3, people with psychopathic traits are more likely to show aggressive and mean behaviour towards other characters, a study has found. The popular life simulation video game allows players to create — and also assume control over — virtual characters, their houses and neighbourhoods. Experts from Canada asked 205 people to … Read more
People with psychopathic and narcissistic personality traits are more likely to ignore coronavirus restrictions and to hoard food and toilet paper, research shows. Two studies found people with the traits often flouted mask-wearing, hand-washing, social distancing and stay-at-home measures at the height of the pandemic. The researchers believe this is because they either don’t believe … Read more
People with psychopathic and narcissistic personality traits are more likely to ignore coronavirus restrictions and hoard food and toilet paper, research shows. Two studies published today found these people often flouted mask-wearing, hand-washing, social distancing and stay-at-home measures at the height of the pandemic. The researchers believe people with these traits either don’t believe the … Read more
People with psychopathic personality traits ‘have a disproportionately large impact’ on the COVID-19 pandemic because they ‘fail to protect themselves and others’, study claims Study of looked at influence of personality on adherence to health guidelines Quizzed more than 500 Americans on if they were sticking to social distancing Found people with psychopathic personality traits are … Read more
Killing Eve’s Jodie Comer has revealed that her death stares are part-inspired from her mother. Jodie, 27, who plays psychopath Villanelle in the BBC drama, told The Mirror that some of the ‘outrageous’ faces she pulls are from her mother. She said: ‘Some of the faces I pull are outrageous but my mum is like, ”Definitely … Read more