Temporal lobe abnormalities in semantic processing by criminal psychopaths as revealed by functional magnetic resonance imaging

Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 27-42

  Kiehl, Kent A ^a,b   Smith, Andra M ^c   Mendrek, Adrianna ^d   Forster, Bruce B ^e   Hare, Robert D ^e   Liddle, Peter F ^f  

^a INSTITUTE OF LIVING   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abstract words; Antisocial personality; Concrete words; fMRI; Language; Lexical decision; Limbic system; Neuroimaging; Psychopathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIMINOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPATHY; SEMANTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 1242292356     PISSN: 09254927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4927(03)00106-9     Document Type: Article

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