 Hello people of the Psych2Go community! My name is Matt, and I'm stoked to be coming back at you from my channel, DOSCOOKIE, with another video. Today, we're going to be chatting about that one creepy dude in the horror movie you just watched, or really, I guess, just all the creepy people in horror movies ever. However, this video is not going to be creepy, so watch on as we bring up five facts about Psychopads brought to you by our rad writer, Sophie. Fact number one, psychopaths are animal-driven. One of the more subtle characteristics of a psychopath is that they are animal-driven. This means that they are more concerned with basic human needs, like food, water, and money, according to research. Some psychopaths may also believe in a higher power and be more spiritual, but it is more likely that they deem basic primitive needs more important. Fact number two, psychopaths lack empathy. One of the biggest symptoms of a psychopath is that they have a lack of empathy. One interesting study as reported by Science Daily discovers that when psychopathic individuals imagine others in pain, brain areas necessary for feeling empathy and concern for others fail to become active. Furthermore, when imagining others in pain, they showed an increased response in the ventral striatum, an area that involves pleasure. When imagining pain to themselves, however, psychopathic participants showed a typical neural response. Fact number three, psychopaths are malignment narcissists. Nature magazine published a fascinating article on the neuroscience of psychopaths based on a study done by a group of Dutch researchers. They found that psychopaths display malignment narcissism, which explains psychopaths' ability to manipulate any situation to their own advantage, with complete disregard for the suffering that their behavior might cause others. Furthermore, some psychopaths are boastful and arrogant and often criticize others, and this is simply a result of their grandiose sense of self-worth. Fact number four, psychopaths are charming. Psychopaths are often amusing, entertaining, and witty. As Psychology Today reports, they are incredibly effective in presenting themselves, and they are extremely likable and charming. The reason psychopaths are able to use their charm so powerfully is because they are able to get inside your head. This is rather simple for them because they have zero distractions and intense focus. Therefore, they are able to create the illusion of the connection that you might feel. Fact number five, psychopaths are pathological liars. Everybody lies, however not everybody is a pathological liar. This is what mental health professionals call pseudologia fantastica. This is considered to be one of the elements in diagnosing psychopathy. According to mental health professionals, psychopaths not only lie about little things like what they had for dinner, but they also lie about big things like which college they attended. Researchers have claimed that psychopaths lie in order to control others by manipulating them. These have been five facts about psychopaths. If you'd like more info on the topic, the link to the original article is in the description below. Also, if you'd like to see more videos like this, feel free to subscribe to this channel. And if you'd like to see the stuff I put out on my channel, the link to that is also in the description below. The question of the day is, who is your favorite psychopathic villain in a movie? Answer in the comments below. Thank you so much for watching and dream on, dreamers. Peace!