The psychopathic individual: A lack of responsiveness to distress cues?

Psychophysiology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 192-198

  James, Robert ^a,b   Blair, Richard ^a,b   Jones, Lawrence ^c   Clark, Fiona ^d   Smith, Margaret ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Med Res Cncl Cogn Devmt Unit   (United Kingdom)

^c National Probation Service   (United Kingdom)

^d BROADMOOR HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antisocial personality; Autonomic response; Emotion; Empathy; Psychopathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC INNERVATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; EMOTION; EMPATHY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPATHY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SOCIALIZATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ADULT; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; CUES; EMOTIONS; EMPATHY; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 0342601414     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.1997.tb02131.x     Document Type: Article

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