Emotion Processing in the Criminal Psychopath: The Role of Attention in Emotion-Facilitated Memory

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 229-234

  Glass, Samantha J ^a   Newman, Joseph P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

emotion; memory; psychopathy

Indexed keywords

EID: 60849097243     PISSN: 0021843X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0014866     Document Type: Article

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