Emotion disrupts neural activity during selective attention in psychopathy

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 235-246

  Sadeh, Naomi ^a   Spielberg, Jeffrey M ^a   Heller, Wendy ^a   Herrington, John D ^a,b   Engels, Anna S ^a,c   Warren, Stacie L ^a   Crocker, Laura D ^a   Sutton, Bradley P ^a   Miller, Gregory A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotional distraction; Fearless dominance; FMRI; Impulsive antisociality; Psychopathy

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BLOOD; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REACTION TIME; STATISTICS; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; ATTENTION; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGOTIATING; OXYGEN; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875236854     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsr092     Document Type: Article

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