Have you ever wondered if, among all the people you see on a daily basis, there is a closet psychopath? According to a group of researchers from the University of New Mexicothere is a movement that could give away a person psychopath.
This is a method where A particular movement of the head is studied—during interviews with criminals—that could reveal traits of psychopathy, a disease that causes people to commit serious criminal acts, without showing any hint of guilt.
In this way, the research of this American study house would have provided a useful tool for professionals, who could detect non-verbal behavior that could be associated with this antisocial disorder.
This is the head movement that reveals a psychopath
According to a note from Deutsche Welle, the researchers stated that People with high levels of psychopathy tend to keep their head “unusually” still and focused on the person who is talking to them.
In past studies, a pattern had already been detected in psychopathic men who held their heads still when questioned. However, research from the University of New Mexico wanted to check if it was also repeated in women: the result was the same.
who had this head movement, they tended to present psychopathic traits such as manipulation, pathological lying, insensitivity and other dysfunctional behaviors.
But why does this happen? A report analyzed by DW from Big Think suggests that Psychopathic people could have an abnormality in the brain’s amygdala that “could influence both non-verbal communication and broader social interactions.”
