Amygdala reactivity and negative emotionality: Divergent correlates of antisocial personality and psychopathy traits in a community sample

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 214-224

  Hyde, Luke W ^a   Byrd, Amy L ^b   Votruba Drzal, Elizabeth ^b   Hariri, Ahmad R ^c   Manuck, Stephen B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crime; Fearlessness; Neural reactivity; Psychopathic personality inventory; Statistical suppression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; EMOTION; EMOTIONALITY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOPATHY; AMYGDALA; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES;

EID: 84897862907     PISSN: 0021843X     EISSN: 19391846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0035467     Document Type: Article

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