Semantic and affective processing in psychopaths: An event-related potential (ERP) study

Psychophysiology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 765-774

  Kiehl, Kent A ^a   Hare, Robert D ^a   Mcdonald, John J ^a   Brink, Johann ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Regional Health Center (Pacific)   (Canada)

Author keywords

Affective processes; Event related potentials; Language; Psychopathy; Semantic processes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPATHY; SEMANTICS; VERBALIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REACTION TIME; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0032703689     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0048577299971081     Document Type: Article

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