The impact of motivationally neutral cues on psychopathic individuals: Assessing the generality of the response modulation hypothesis

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 563-575

  Newman, Joseph P ^a   Schmitt, William A ^b   Voss, William D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NONE

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Indexed keywords

ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RACE DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0030659776     PISSN: 0021843X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-843X.106.4.563     Document Type: Article

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