Psychopathic traits moderate the interaction between cognitive and affective processing

Psychophysiology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 913-921

  Dvorak Bertsch, Jeremy D ^a   Curtin, John J ^a   Rubinstein, Tal J ^a   Newman, Joseph P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Antisocial behavior; Attentional processing; Fear potentiated startle; Psychopathy; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; DOMINANCE BEHAVIOR; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMPULSIVENESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPATHY; STARTLE REFLEX; TASK PERFORMANCE; THREAT; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; COGNITION; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTROSHOCK; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; STARTLE REACTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649382660     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2009.00833.x     Document Type: Article

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