Theory of mind in the psychopath

Journal of Forensic Psychiatry

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 15-25

  Blair, James ^b   Sellars, Carol ^b   Strickland, Ian ^b   Clark, Fiona ^b   Williams, Akintude ^b   Smith, Margaret ^b   Jones, Lawrence ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Autism; Empathy; Psychopath; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPATHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISON; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOPATHY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0029894727     PISSN: 09585184     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585189608409914     Document Type: Article

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