High levels of psychopathic traits alters moral choice but not moral judgment

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue JUN, 2013, Pages

  Tassy, Sebastien ^a,b   Deruelle, Christine ^a   Mancini, Julien ^c,d   Leistedt, Samuel ^e,f   Wicker, Bruno ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b HÔPITAL SAINTE MARGUERITE   (France)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIV   (France)

^d TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

^e ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^f SPF Justice   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Choice; Decision making; Emotion; Judgment; Moral; Psychopathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOACTIVATION; LEVENSON SELF REPORT PSYCHOPATHY SCALE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOOD DISORDER; MORALITY; PREDICTION; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOPATHY; PSYCHOPATHY CHECKLIST REVISED; PSYCHOPATHY SCORE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; VENTROMEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

EID: 84933675188     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00229     Document Type: Article

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