In the American psychological thriller film, Joker, the Joker is seen as more of a sociopath. Someone who’s environment turned him into who he is. What about psychopaths? People who are born with antisocial personality traits? How do we know whether someone is born a psychopath or raised up to be one? In this video, we bring five interesting scientific research that may indicate whether someone is a psychopath. As a disclaimer, this video is not meant to be a diagnosis, but whether just interesting correlations. Furthermore, the official diagnosis for sociopath or psychopathy is actually anti-social personality disorder in the DSM.
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Credits
Writer: Berry Leeder
Script Editor: Kelly Soong
VO: Amanda Silvera
Animator: Ben Carswell
YouTube Manager: Cindy Cheong
Research and references:
Fox, Jesse, and Jeff Grabmeier. “Selfies-Posting Men More Likely To Be Psychopaths, Ohio State University Study.” BioSpace, 16 Jan. 2015,
Mahmut, Mehmet K, et al. “The Relationship Between Psychopathy and Olfactory Tasks Sensitive to Orbitofrontal Cortex Function in a Non-Criminal Student Sample.” Researchgate, Dec. 2013,
“Psychopaths Have Poor Sense of Smell’.” NewsComAu, 20 Sept. 2012,
Rundle, Brian K, et al. “Contagious Yawning and Psychopathy.” Researchgate, Nov. 2015,
Sample, Ian. “Playlist of the Lambs: Psychopaths May Have Distinct Musical Preferences.” The Guardian, 26 Sept. 2017, 10:17,
Smith, Mark. “Study Finds Night Owls More Likely to Be Psychopaths.” Western Sydney University, 31 July 2013,