‘Uhs’ and ‘Ums’: Among the Verbal Tics of Psychopaths

Know someone who uses “uh” and “um” a lot, and cause-and-effect conjunctions like “because” and “so that”? Well, not to exaggerate, but your friend may be a psychopath, LiveScience reports. Researchers recently interviewed 52 convicted murderers in an effort to cull out the linguistic tendencies of psychopaths—and found that…

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‘Uhs’ and ‘Ums’: Among the Verbal Tics of Psychopaths

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