Diminished Cooperativeness of Psychopaths in a Prisoner's Dilemma Game Yields Higher Rewards

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 406-413

  Mokros, Andreas ^a   Menner, Birgit ^a   Eisenbarth, Hedwig ^b   Alpers, Georg W ^b   Lange, Klaus W ^a   Osterheider, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

cooperation; Hare Psychopathy Checklist Revised; prisoner's dilemma game; psychopathy; Psychopathy Personality Inventory Revised

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALADJUSTMENT; MALE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRISONER; PSYCHOPATHY; PSYCHOPATHY PERSONALITY INVENTORY-REVISED; RISK; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 44449100327     PISSN: 0021843X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-843X.117.2.406     Document Type: Article

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