Perhaps you’ve described your boss as being a "psychopath", or your cousin who picked on you as a kid as a "sociopath".

But what do these terms really mean? And how does it feel to learn you have psychopathic traits and are, in effect, a high-functioning psychopath?

Are psychopaths more intelligent than other people, and are they more likely to harm those around them?

And how do you tell if you know one - or are one?

Today on Please Explain, explainer reporter Sherryn Groch joins Bianca Hall to discuss this much maligned but little understood condition.

Perhaps you’ve described your boss as being a "psychopath", or your cousin who picked on you as a kid as a "sociopath".
But what do these terms really mean? And how does it feel to learn you have psychopathic traits and are, in effect, a high-functioning psychopath?
Are psychopaths more intelligent than other people, and are they more likely to harm those around them?
And how do you tell if you know one - or are one?
Today on Please Explain, explainer reporter Sherryn Groch joins Bianca Hall to discuss this much maligned but little understood condition.

The Morning Edition (formerly Please Explain) brings you the story behind the story with the best journalists in Australia. Join host Samantha Selinger-Morris from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, weekdays from 5am.

The Morning Edition (formerly Please Explain) brings you the story behind the story with the best journalists in Australia. Join host Samantha Selinger-Morris from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, weekdays from 5am.

The Morning Edition

The Morning Edition brings you the story behind the story with the best journalists in Australia. Join host Samantha Selinger-Morris from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, weekdays from 5am.

The Morning Edition brings you the story behind the story with the best journalists in Australia. Join host Samantha Selinger-Morris from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, weekdays from 5am.

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