No clear evidence for a positive association between the interpersonal-affective aspects of psychopathy and executive functioning

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 210, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1265-1274

  Maes, Joseph H R ^a   Brazil, Inti A ^a,b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Pompestichting   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Inhibition; Interpersonal affective dimension; Planning; Psychopathy; Shifting; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ATTENTION; AUTISM; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMPATHY; FEAR; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; INHIBITION; PLANNING; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPATHY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHIFTING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WORKING MEMORY; ADULT; AFFECT; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MOOD DISORDERS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; AFFECT; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MOOD DISORDERS;

EID: 84888287403     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2013.09.028     Document Type: Review

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