Reduced efficiency in recognising fear in subjects scoring high on psychopathic personality characteristics

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 5-11

  Montagne, Barbara ^a   van Honk, Jack ^a   Kessels, Roy P C ^a,b   Frigerio, Elisa ^c   Burt, Michael ^d   van Zandvoort, Martine J E ^a,b   Perrett, David I ^d   de Haan, Edward H F ^a,b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavioural activation scale; Behavioural inhibition scale; Emotion perception; Fear; Psychopathic personality characteristics; Psychopathy

Indexed keywords

EID: 8344262321     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2004.02.008     Document Type: Article

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