Aberrant neural processing of moral violations in criminal psychopaths

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 863-874

  Harenski, Carla L ^a   Harenski, Keith A ^a   Shane, Matthew S ^a   Kiehl, Kent A ^b  

^a MIND RESEARCH NETWORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

FMRI; Morality; Psychopathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIME; DECISION MAKING; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; MORALITY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOPATHY; TEMPORAL CORTEX;

EID: 78649706439     PISSN: 0021843X     EISSN: 19391846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0020979     Document Type: Article

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