Psychopathy and fear: Specific impairments in judging behaviors that frighten others

Emotion

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 892-898

  Marsh, Abigail A ^a   Cardinale, Elise M ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotion recognition; Empathy; Fear moral judgment; Psychopathy

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANGER; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; EMPATHY; FEAR; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; MALE; MORALITY; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOPATHY; RECOGNITION; RESPONSE TIME; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; COGNITION; EMOTIONS; EMPATHY; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORALS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84874464950     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: 19311516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0026260     Document Type: Article

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