Psychopathy

Psychopathy causes considerable amounts of preventable social harm, in particular an erosion of trust. In this project, we aim to develop methods that improve the identification of this condition at scale as well as the delineation from related conditions such as narcissism.

Published Paper / Presentations

• Nelson, B. S., Hildebrandt, T., & Wallisch, P. (2022). Anabolic–androgenic steroid use is associated with psychopathy, risk-taking, anger, and physical problems. Scientific reports, 12(1), 1-10.

• Kowalchyk, M., Palmieri, H., Conte, E., & Wallisch, P. (2021). Narcissism through the lens of performative self-elevation. Personality and Individual Differences, 177, 110780.

• Leal, NA, Wallisch, P (2017) Psychopath aesthetics: Musical preference as an indicator of psychopathy scores. 47th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Washington, DC.

• Bulajic, T., Amu, N.O.M., Ren, J., Berner, C.E., Fomina, D., Shah, S., Yaurimo, J., Ayodele, M., Zinn, J., Golden, S., McClelland, S., Perez, J.M., Lowe, P., Goltermann, A., Hafezi, S., Egazarian, A., Yang, H., Tong, V., Tossavainen, D., Crammer, L., Florentin, A., Veldhoen, N.J.Z., Freda, J., Devli, S., Karim, A., Boirond, B.A.C., Torres-Siclait, H.J., Ienner, G., Poinçot-Leopardi, A., Spivack, S., Wallisch, P. (2021). Validating instruments to screen for psychopathy in a non-institutionalized population. The New York University Integrative Psychology Review, 1(1), 9-13.

• Fomina, D., Goltermann, A., Berner, C.E., Spivack, S., Bulajic, T., Freda, J., Karim, A., Torres-Siclait, H.J., Ren, J., Egazarian, A., Perez, J.M., Devli, S., Tong, V., Poinçot-Leopardi, A., Golden, S., Lowe, P., Zinn, J., Shah, S., Ienner, G., Florentin, A., Cranmer, L., Yaurimo, J., Ayodele, M., Boirond, B.A.C, Veldhoen, N.J.Z., Hafezi, S., Tossavainen, D., Yang, H., Amu, N.O.M., McClelland, S., Wallisch, P. (2022). The influence of affluence on prosocial behavior. The New York University Integrative Psychology Review, 1(2), 30-37.

• Goltermann, A., Colman, S., Carey, X., Tossavainen, D., Florentin, A., Ienner, G., Yang, H., Yaurimo, J., Lowe, P., Torres-Siclait, H.J., Zinn, J., Boirond, B.A.C., Egazarian, A., Amu, N.O.M., Veldhoen, N.J.Z., Karim, A., Devli, S., Spivack, S., Fitzmaurice, S., Berner, C.E., Perez, J.M., Ayodele, M., Freda, J., Shah. S., Jin, K., Sheikh, I., Hafezi, S., Golden, S., Zhou, T., Fomina, D., Ren, J., Walsh, L., Tong, V., McClelland, S., Cranmer, L., Bulajic, T., Poinçot-Leopardi, A., Wallisch, P. (2022). Muted Affect, Amped-Up Volume: Reduced Music-Evoked Fear Responses in Psychopathy. The NYU Integrative Psychology Review, 2(1), 10-16.

Selected Media Coverage

• Washington Post: What music do Psychopaths like? More Bieber, less Bach

• Vice: Science Says That Psychopaths Really Dig Eminem's "Lose Yourself"

• BTR podcast

• BBC: Why some narcissists actually hate themselves

• Guardian: Self-love or self-hate? The surprising truth about narcissists

• Washington Square News: NYU Professor Studies Possible Link Between Music and Psychopathy