Specifying the attentional selection that moderates the fearlessness of psychopathic offenders

Psychological Science

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 226-234

  Baskin Sommers, Arielle R ^a   Curtin, John J ^a   Newman, Joseph P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

attention; fear; higher order cognitive processes; multilocus selection; psychopathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; COGNITION; CONDITIONING; FEAR; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; OFFENDER; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOPATHY; SHORT TERM MEMORY; STARTLE REFLEX;

ADULT; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; ATTENTION; COGNITION; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); CRIMINALS; CUES; FEAR; GOALS; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; PRISONERS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; STARTLE REACTION;

EID: 79952060169     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797610396227     Document Type: Article

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