Structural neuroimaging and the antisocial brain: Main findings and methodological challenges

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1173-1186

  de Brito, Stéphane A ^a   Hodgins, Sheilagh ^b   Mccrory, Eamon J P ^a   Mechelli, Andrea ^b   Wilke, Marko ^c   Jones, Alice P ^a   Viding, Essi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antisocial behavior; Antisocial brain; Neuroimaging

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350433093     PISSN: 00938548     EISSN: 15523594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093854809342883     Document Type: Article

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