Psychopaths Might Give Themselves Away In Their Tweets

We all have personality quirks that show through in our language. Little “tics” that are unique to only us – sometimes showing in slang, other times filler words or sentence structure. And a group of scientists believe they can use these language quirks to not only identify certain personality traits, but to identify psychopaths in the general tweeting population.

Researchers from Cornell University and the university of British Columbia are using a text analysis program to determine if a tweet can give away psychopathic behavior.

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