Reduced activity within the dorsal endogenous orienting of attention network to fearful expressions in youth with disruptive behavior disorders and psychopathic traits

Development and Psychopathology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1105-1116

  White, Stuart F ^a   Williams, W Craig ^a   Brislin, Sarah J ^a   Sinclair, Stephen ^a   Blair, Karina S ^a   Fowler, Katherine A ^a   Pine, Daniel S ^a   Pope, Kayla ^a   Blair, R James ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; CONDUCT DISORDER; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMPULSIVENESS; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT AND DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; CONDUCT DISORDER; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVE NET; PARIETAL LOBE;

EID: 84863959324     PISSN: 09545794     EISSN: 14692198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954579412000569     Document Type: Article

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