Impaired decision-making on the basis of both reward and punishment information in individuals with psychopathy

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 155-165

  Blair, K S ^a   Morton, J ^b   Leonard, A ^c   Blair, R J R ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c HM Prison Wormwood Scrubs ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision making; Psychopathy; Punishment; Reward

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646471978     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2005.11.031     Document Type: Article

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