High Psychopathic Trait Females Exhibit Reduced Startle Potentiation and Increased P3 Amplitude

Behavioral Sciences and the Law

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 649-666

  Anderson, Nathaniel E ^a   Stanford, Matthew S ^a   Wan, Li ^a,b   Young, Keith A ^b  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERSONALITY TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOPATHY; STARTLE REFLEX;

ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; STARTLE REACTION;

EID: 80052946515     PISSN: 07353936     EISSN: 10990798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bsl.998     Document Type: Article

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