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Psychopaths can feel emotions and can be treated – don't believe what you see on crime shows

  • Written by Arielle Baskin-Sommers, Assistant Professor of Psychology, Yale University
Psychopaths can feel emotions and can be treated – don't believe what you see on crime showsWho really is a psychopath?Getty Images

On any given day, millions of Americans curl up to watch their favorite crime shows. Whether it is “FBI” on CBS, “Dexter” on Showtime, “Mindhunter” on Netflix, “Killing Eve” on BBC, reruns of “Law & Order,” or any of a myriad of other similar...

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