Differential effects of psychopathy and antisocial personality disorder symptoms on cognitive and fear processing in female offenders

Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 761-776

  Anton, Marja E ^a   Baskin Sommers, Arielle R ^a   Vitale, Jennifer E ^b   Curtin, John J ^a   Newman, Joseph P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b HAMPDEN SYDNEY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Cognition; Event related potential; Fear; Fear potentiated startle; Female offenders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; ELECTRIC SHOCK; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OFFENDER; PERSONALITY TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOPATHY; STARTLE REFLEX;

ADULT; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; ATTENTION; COGNITION DISORDERS; CRIMINALS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROSHOCK; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; STARTLE REACTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870908053     PISSN: 15307026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13415-012-0114-x     Document Type: Article

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