Psychopathy and aggression: When paralimbic dysfunction leads to violence

Current Topics in Behavioral Neurosciences

Volumn 17, Issue , 2014, Pages 369-393

  Anderson, Nathaniel E ^a   Kiehl, Kent A ^b  

^a MIND RESEARCH NETWORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Impulsive aggression; Premeditated aggression; Psychopathy; Violence

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; INSTRUMENTAL AGGRESSION; LIMBIC CORTEX; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OFFENDER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPATHY; SOCIALIZATION; VIOLENCE; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; BRAIN INJURY; LIMBIC SYSTEM; PATHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW;

AGGRESSION; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; BRAIN INJURIES; HUMANS; LIMBIC SYSTEM;

EID: 84908051109     PISSN: 18663370     EISSN: 18663389     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/7854_2013_257     Document Type: Article

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