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Scientists Found a Strange Link Between Gut Bacteria and Psychopathic Traits

The study found an association between microbes and psychopathic tendencies, but researchers have not shown that bacteria cause those traits.

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The tiny microbes in your gut play a big role in who you are, how healthy you are, and, apparently, according to new research published in Translational Psychiatry, whether or not you exhibit psychopathic tendencies.

Scientists have found a link between certain gut and oral bacteria and traits associated with psychopathy. Don’t start chugging Greek yogurt and gobbling barrels of kimchi to veer your microbes away from psychopathy, because there are some huge caveats to that eye-popping claim.

The study involved 200 healthy adults who completed a questionnaire measuring psychopathic traits. They also supplied........

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