CommonHealth: Better Understanding The Brains Of Psychopaths

Conventional wisdom depicts psychopaths as simply lacking empathy and being willing to hurt others without regard for their well-being. A new study out of Harvard takes a look at their brains and finds the answer is more complicated.

Carey Goldberg, host of WBUR's CommonHealth blog, which tweets @commonhealth.

Joshua Buckholtz, associate professor of psychology at Harvard University.