Dissociation between affective sharing and emotion understanding in juvenile psychopaths

Development and Psychopathology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 623-636

  Cheng, Yawei ^a   Hung, An Yi ^a   Decety, Jean ^b  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; AROUSAL; COMPREHENSION; CONDUCT DISORDER; CONFERENCE PAPER; EMOTION; EMPATHY; HUMAN; MALE; OFFENDER; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; AROUSAL; COMPREHENSION; CONDUCT DISORDER; CRIMINALS; EMOTIONS; EMPATHY; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES;

EID: 84859896763     PISSN: 09545794     EISSN: 14692198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095457941200020X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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