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1Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, MA 2Department of Social and Behavioral Science, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health,

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Why do psychopaths become parents? A study published in Evolutionary Psychological Science suggests that people high in psychopathy focus primarily on mating, but often avoid parental or somatic inves