Psychopaths tend to choose very specific words when talking about their crimes, according to Jeff Hancock and his colleagues in the latest issue of the journal Legal and Criminological Psychology . Specifically, studying 14 male psychopaths they discovered that they use more words such as "because" or "therefore" , which imply that they have a clear objective when they commit their crimes. And they use twice as many terms related to physical needs like food, sex and money . And in their speech they barely include words that refer to family, religion and other social needs. They also tend to use past tense more and speak less fluently, using more "ums" and "uhs" than the rest of the population . "This opens a window into the minds of psychopaths through language," the experts conclude.
Psychopaths are selfish people, with limited emotions, lack of empathy towards the feelings of others and lack of remorse. Furthermore, according to experts, they behave as if the world could be used to their advantage.
