Are You a Psycopath?

Scientists have said that if you enjoy a bitter tasting drink then it could be a sign that you're a psychopath.

New research on taste buds has found parallels between the consumption of some of our favourite drinks like bitter IPAs, black coffee and tonic water, and malevolent personality traits.

It's even suggested that if you, for example, shun milk and sugar in your cup of coffee, then you could be more likely to show signs of 'everyday sadism'.

Authors Christina Sagioglou and Tobias Greitemeyer found that the more a consumer enjoyed bitter flavours, the darker their personality traits.

They write that: "The present research has demonstrated that bitter taste preferences are associated with more pronounced malevolent personality traits, especially robustly with everyday sadism”.

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Ben Eccleston - Coventry Live.