“By portraying themselves as victims, narcissists can manipulate others to gain attention, sympathy or control in relationships,” Cwynar said. “They may use their perceived victimhood as a tool to ...

Histrionic personality disorder (HPD) is a psychological condition that causes someone to engage in attention-seeking behavior. Some aspects of this condition may cause a person to lie to manipulate ...

A conniving person may not be obvious with their intentions, but you can tell someone is secretly manipulative if they have ...

Not all hugs are harmless. New research from psychologists at Binghamton University reveals that people with "dark triad" personality traits use touch to manipulate their partners. A hug can soothe ...

Researchers have developed the first scientifically validated "personality test" framework for popular AI chatbots, and have ...

Manipulative people make it difficult for others to be around them, while conniving people are great at masking their emotions to get what they want, keeping their feelings in check while ...

A study from Cambridge and DeepMind shows LLMs like GPT-4 consistently mimic human traits, sparking fears of manipulation and ...

At the heart of narcissism is an inflated sense of self-worth accompanied by a deep thirst for, and fantasies of, the admiration of others. Accordingly, narcissists view relationships mainly as ...

The term “machiavellian” comes from the Italian Renaissance diplomat and philosopher Niccolò Machiavelli, whose name has become synonymous with cunning, strategy and manipulation. As a personality ...

Have you ever wondered how your personality is related to how you do in life? Estonian researchers have put together a large overview of personality profiles – a so-called “personality atlas” that ...