People suffering from pronounced psychopathy and sadism are more difficult to scare

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New electromyography research has found that individuals with more pronounced dark personality traits, primarily psychopathy and sadism, tend to have blunted startle responses. In other words, these individuals are less easily frightened. The study was published in Scientific reports. The startle response is a natural, involuntary physiological reaction to a sudden and unexpected stimulus, characterized …

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