Neural correlates of risk taking in violent criminal offenders characterized by emotional hypo- and hyper-reactivity

Social Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 136-147

  Prehn, Kristin ^a   Schlagenhauf, Florian ^b,c   Schulze, Lars ^a,b   Berger, Christoph ^d   Vohs, Knut ^e   Fleischer, Monika ^d   Hauenstein, Karlheinz ^d   Keiper, Peter ^d   Domes, Gregor ^f   Herpertz, Sabine C ^g  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antisocial personality disorder; Borderline personality disorder; Financial decision making; fMRI; rACC

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADULT; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BLOOD; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EMOTION; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MALE; MOTIVATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OFFENDER; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SAMPLE SIZE; UNCERTAINTY; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; CRIMINALS; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTIVATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OXYGEN; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RISK-TAKING; SAMPLE SIZE; UNCERTAINTY; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84874134196     PISSN: 17470919     EISSN: 17470927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470919.2012.686923     Document Type: Article

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