Psychopathy and verbal emotion processing in non-incarcerated males

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 119-145

  Long, L Stephen ^a   Titone, Debra A ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOPATHY; SCORING SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; VERBALIZATION; WORD RECOGNITION;

EID: 33845498642     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699930600551766     Document Type: Article

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