Reduced cortical call to arms differentiates psychopathy from antisocial personality disorder

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 825-835

  Drislane, L E ^a   Vaidyanathan, U ^a   Patrick, C J ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

brain response; differential diagnosis; ERP; Key words Antisocial personality disorder; psychopathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN CORTEX; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTION; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEAR; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STARTLE REFLEX;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AFFECT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; ATTENTION; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; EVENT-RELATED POTENTIALS, P300; FEAR; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PRISONERS; STARTLE REACTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874923428     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291712001547     Document Type: Article

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