Inhibitory control and negative emotional processing in psychopathy and antisocial personality disorder

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 498-510

  Verona, Edelyn ^a   Sprague, Jenessa ^a   Sadeh, Naomi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Antisocial personality disorder; Eventrelated potentials; Inhibitory control; Negative emotion; Psychopathy

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTIONALITY; ETHNICITY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MALE; NEUROBIOLOGY; ORBITAL CORTEX; PERCEPTION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOPATHY; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TAXONOMY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; ELECTRODE; EMOTION; EVOKED RESPONSE; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); OFFENDER; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION; CRIMINALS; ELECTRODES; EMOTIONS; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; NEGATIVISM; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864774606     PISSN: 0021843X     EISSN: 19391846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0025308     Document Type: Article

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