Phenotypic and aetiological associations between psychopathic tendencies, autistic traits, and emotion attribution

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1198-1212

  Jones, Alice P ^a   Larsson, Henrik ^b   Ronald, Angelica ^c,d   Rijsdijk, Fruhling ^d   Busfield, Patricia ^d   Mcmillan, Andrew ^d   Plomin, Robert ^d   Viding, Essi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autism; Empathy; Genetics; Psychopathy; Twins

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350448245     PISSN: 00938548     EISSN: 15523594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093854809342949     Document Type: Article

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