Deficient fear conditioning and self-reported psychopathy: The role of fearless dominance

Psychophysiology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 210-218

  López, Raúl ^a   Poy, Rosario ^a   Patrick, Christopher J ^b   Moltó, Javier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aversive conditioning; Fearlessness; Psychopathic Personality Inventory Revised; Psychopathy; Skin conductance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872142452     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2012.01493.x     Document Type: Article

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