What I like about this picture is that it gives you an important hint! Imagine if the wolf puts on the sheep mask. What parts are still visible that belong to the wolf (psychopath)? It's the eyes. There is a saying that sounds rediculous and not scientific: "The eyes are the window of the soul." But is it really rediculous? Psychopathic eyes have three characteristics. They look dead and as if there is no activity behind them, while at the same time having an intense focused stare and look reptilian like. Another interesting part is the pupil size. It changes to light but only very slightly to threats. Shock a psychopath, his sympathetic nervous system or streess response does not switch on, as a result the pupils stay needle sized. If you look a psychopath in the eyes you might have the following emotions: excitement, anxiety, your drawn to her/him, curiosity etc. You have an alarming feeling of danger which is often overpowered by the desire to be swallowed by that person. People who have high narcissistic tendencies or a big ego can more easily resist the magnetic field of the psychopath. They are not willing to give their wealth and health to the psychopath. If you have a weak ego, you often become enslaved and give your heart and finances to him/her. You will be ready to offer everything to that person and let yourself go. The psychopath wellbeing becomes more important than your own wellbeing. There are three defense mechanisms to not be swallowed by a psychopath; coldheartedness, a strong ego and if you have none of them willpower and knowledge is left. But keep in mind that knowing alone is not enough. A lot of people who fall prey know that they will but they decide to go with it! Have you ever noticed politicians holding babies in their arms? If the baby looks like it's about to get eaten, that's what I call intuition. A skill that most of us loose as we grow up, especially when we study excessively and start to rely on knowledge more and more while forgetting about intuition. There is a reason why intuition is a product of evolution that has managed to survive this long. However it a skill that is going towards extinction and this will favour and increase psychopathy traits within the population.

What I have written is not purely scientific but I still wanted to express my ideas even though for many of them I do not have scientific studies to support. The beginning for scientific studies are ideas.

was interresting, thanks
is it possible to fake not being a psychopat and then pass the psycho test ? (the one with pupil size changes on threats) and veice-versa ?
ps: they dont know about my evil plans

This post was edited by Saucisson6000 on Dec 12 2014 03:19pm

i think i may disagree with this, i also have no real "scientific data" on the topic, but i have been surprised several times throughout my life by psychopathic behavior, I think if their eyes were as obvious of a warning as you say i shouldn't ever be surprised because i should see the "psycho" in their eyes, i would agree that many cases of "psychopaths" do seem to have "strange eyes that see into your soul", but many do not, so i would not say there is any tangible correlation between eyes and mentality (at least not in any diagnosable way)

e: i actually have been told i have the eyes of a psychopath myself, and i get squeamish just passing roadkill on the road

This post was edited by dude_927 on Dec 12 2014 03:21pm

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why would you possibly think a politician would have any desire on any level to eat a baby?

psychopaths are usually released much earlier from prison than "normal" or anti-social personality guys.
this is because they are skilled at manipulating others, they usually trick psychologists, criminologists, psychiatrists fairly easy, even researchers in psychopathy! Most of them can cheat on the psychopathy tests, especially interviews and questionnaires.

their pupil reaction is far from normal. why is that so? their strong urge for power, sex and control is associated with excessive levels of testosterone. excessive levels of testosterone make your stress hormones such as cortisol less effective. why is that so? testosterone and cortisol share the same receptor. excessive levels of testosterone interfers with cortisol effectively binding to its receptor to have an effect. sudden release of cortisol and cortisol binding to its receptors switches our sympathetic nervous system on (fight/flight). a strongly switched on sympathetic nervous system immediately widens our pupils. hence if psychopaths are challenged, tried to be shocked, brought into a frightening situation their pupils expand less.

you cannot determine a psychopath by his/her pupil size but sometimes it's helpful to look at the situation they are in and how their pupil size responds to it. of course this is not a 100% reliable test because their other conditions, other than psychopathy that are associated with an abnormal pupil response.

if you truely and effectively want to identify a psychopath you have to take a lot of different factors into consideration and the pupil response is only one of a multitude of factors.

This post was edited by YaC on Dec 14 2014 07:14am

what has baby eating to do with psychopathy. a psychopath is the opposite to a psycho.

"Have you ever noticed politicians holding babies in their arms? If the baby looks like it's about to get eaten, that's what I call intuition. A skill that most of us loose as we grow up, especially when we study excessively and start to rely on knowledge more and more while forgetting about intuition. There is a reason why intuition is a product of evolution that has managed to survive this long. However it a skill that is going towards extinction and this will favour and increase psychopathy traits within the population."

You claimed someone thinking a politician was going to eat a baby is based on intuition....given that cannibalism is a rarity in our species i just wonder what makes you think that its intuition and not just someone being nuttier than a baby ruth.

This post was edited by Subwoofer on Dec 14 2014 11:48am

This thread is very interesting

if you have good intuition psychopaths give you a certain type of feeling that something is not right.

"baby looks like its about to get eaten" replace this sentence "the baby looks anxious" I guess that causes less confusion.