Dark Triad

While cognitive enhancement may sound like something out of a science fiction movie, it actually refers to any number of activities aimed at improving cognitive performance, from the mundane to the elicit. This includes non-pharmacological cognitive enhancement like meditation and...

New research sheds light on how those with high levels of narcissism, Machiavellianism, psychopathy, and sadism have reacted cognitively and emotionally to the COVID-19 pandemic. The study, published in Personality and Individual Differences, indicates that narcissists and Machiavellians appear to...

New research suggests that childhood experiences can be a statistical predictor of malevolent creativity and that Machiavellianism, psychopathy, and narcissism -- the so-called "Dark Triad" of personality traits -- play an important role in this relationship. The findings have been...

Adolescents with heightened "dark triad" personality traits -- psychopathy, narcissism, and Machiavellianism -- are more likely to have sexist attitudes, according to new research published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. "We were interested in this...

Women with "dark" personality traits are more likely to go on a date with someone they have no desire to be with just to get a free meal, according to new research published in the journal Social Psychological and Personality...

People with "dark" personality characteristics, such as psychopathy, as well as people with a greater sense of entitlement are more likely to be adherents of White Identitarianism or politically correct authoritarianism, according to new research that appears in the journal...

New psychology research suggests that the so-called "dark triad" of psychopathy, narcissism and Machiavellianism are three independent personality traits. The findings indicate the dark triad traits are not just different manifestations of the same underlying lack of empathy. The study...

Alcohol consumption does not make women view men with dark personalities as more attractive, according to psychology research published in the journal Personality and Individual Differences. The new study examined the so-called "Dark Triad" personality traits -- narcissism, Machiavellianism and...