Psychopathic Traits Affect Pain Learning

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People with psychopathic traits fail to learn from painful outcomes

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Radboud University researchers found that people with higher psychopathic traits show reduced sensitivity to pain, which affects their ability to learn from painful consequences.

People with higher psychopathy tend to revert quickly to initial beliefs after experiencing pain.

This new insight could help us understand why individuals with these traits often struggle to adapt their behavior despite negative consequences.

The study found that even sub-clinical psychopathic traits might be accompanied by a deficit in learning that potentially contributes to more antisocial behavior.

Future research could explore the mechanisms involved, such as the brain activity underlying these processes.

Understanding why they don’t learn from negative consequences and how they process pain is essential.

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