Bargaining with the devil: Using economic decision-making tasks to examine the heterogeneity of psychopathic traits

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 472-482

  Berg, Joanna M ^a   Lilienfeld, Scott O ^a   Waldman, Irwin D ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coldheartedness; Economic games; Fearless Dominance; Psychopathy; Self Centered Impulsivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878787978     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2013.04.003     Document Type: Article

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