Do fearful eyes activate empathy-related brain regions in individuals with callous traits?

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 958-968

  Han, Thida ^a   Alders, Gésine L ^a   Greening, Steven G ^a,b   Neufeld, Richard W J ^a   Mitchell, Derek G V ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Callous traits; Coldheartedness; Emotion recognition; Empathy arousal; Fear; Medial prefrontal cortex; Psychopathy

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CONDUCT DISORDER; EMPATHY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECOGNITION; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CONDUCT DISORDER; EMPATHY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OXYGEN; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870233333     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsr068     Document Type: Article

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