WHEN DARK MINDS SEEK THE SPOTLIGHT.

The article examines the publicity preference of people with traits of narcissism, psychopathy or Machiavellianism. Topics discussed include the tendency of popular culture to reward such traits according to Otterbein University psychologist Noam Shpancer, role of ego in the risk taken by high-achieving people to publicly proclaim their psychopathic traits according to forensic psychologist John Edens, and the effect of the strong drive for stimulation on highly psychopathic people.