Amygdala subnuclei connectivity in response to violence reveals unique influences of individual differences in psychopathic traits in a nonforensic sample

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1417-1428

  Yoder, Keith J ^a   Porges, Eric C ^a   Decety, Jean ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Cognition; Diffusion tensor imaging; Diffusion weighted MRI; FMRI; Neuroimaging; Psychopathy; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; BASOLATERAL AMYGDALA; BRAIN FUNCTION; CENTRAL SUBNUCLEUS; CONNECTOME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMPULSIVENESS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTERIOR INSULA; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPATHY; RESEARCH SUBJECT; SUBCORTEX; TRACTOGRAPHY; VIOLENCE; ADOLESCENT; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; BRAIN MAPPING; INDIVIDUALITY; MARTIAL ART; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NERVE TRACT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERSONALITY TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; VIDEORECORDING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYGDALA; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; BRAIN MAPPING; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MARTIAL ARTS; MOTION PERCEPTION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PERSONALITY TESTS; VIDEO RECORDING; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925244329     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: 10970193     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.22712     Document Type: Article

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