Study reveals psychopaths have difficulty connecting with music emotionally.
Individuals with higher levels of psychopathic traits have difficulty recognizing and resonating with emotions conveyed through music, according to a study published in Cognition and Emotion. The research team conducted two experiments with a total of 771 participants and found that individuals with psychopathic traits had lower accuracy in identifying the emotional content of music clips and reported lower emotional responses to the clips. The study has important implications for using music in therapeutic interventions and highlights the need for further research to understand better the emotional deficits associated with psychopathy.