Breakdown in the brain network subserving moral judgment in criminal psychopathy

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 917-923

  Pujol, Jesus ^a   Batalla, Iolanda ^b,c   Contreras Rodríguez, Oren ^a,d   Harrison, Ben J ^a,e   Pera, Vanessa ^b   Hernández Ribas, Rosa ^a,f,g   Real, Eva ^f,g   Bosa, Laura ^b,c   Soriano Mas, Carles ^a,f,g   Deus, Joan ^a,h   López Solà, Marina ^a,g   Pifarré, Josep ^b,c   Menchón, José M ^f,g   Cardoner, Narcís ^a,f,g  

^a HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b Hospital de Santa Maria de Lleida   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^d INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^f HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

^g CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED DE SALUD MENTAL CIBERSAM   (Spain)

^h UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Brain networks; Frontal lobe; Functional connectivity; Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI); Psychopathy

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MORALITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OFFENDER; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; VASCULARIZATION;

BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CRIMINALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; JUDGMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MORALS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OXYGEN; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; VOCABULARY;

EID: 84870229653     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsr075     Document Type: Article

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