Successful and unsuccessful psychopaths: A neurobiological model

Behavioral Sciences and the Law

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 194-210

  Gao, Yu ^a   Raine, Adrian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; COGNITION; EMOTION; HUMAN; OFFENDER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOPATHY; REVIEW; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; VIOLENCE;

ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BRAIN; COGNITION; CRIMINALS; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; VIOLENCE;

EID: 77952082058     PISSN: 07353936     EISSN: 10990798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bsl.924     Document Type: Article

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