Neuropsychological implications of selective attentional functioning in psychopathic offenders

Neuropsychology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 614-624

  Mayer, Andrew R ^a,d   Kosson, David S ^b   Bedrick, Edward J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^d MIND RESEARCH NETWORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Orienting; Psychopathy; Selective attention; Visual spatial

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEARING ACUITY; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPATHY; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; VISUAL INFORMATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; ATTENTION; CRIME; CUES; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; REACTION TIME; READING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 33748477483     PISSN: 08944105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0894-4105.20.5.614     Document Type: Article

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