Neuroimaging in Psychopathy and Antisocial Personality Disorder: Functional Significance and a Neurodevelopmental Hypothesis

Neuroimaging in Forensic Psychiatry: From the Clinic to the Courtroom

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 81-98

  Glenn, Andrea L ^a   Yang, Yaling ^b   Raine, Adrian ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Antisocial; Brain imaging; Conduct disorder; Neurodevelopmental; Prefrontal cortex; Psychopathy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888694038     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781119968900.ch5     Document Type: Chapter

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