Psychopathy, attention, and oddball target detection: New insights from PCL-R facet scores

Psychophysiology

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1194-1204

  Anderson, Nathaniel E ^a   Steele, Vaughn R ^a   Maurer, J Michael ^a,b   Bernat, Edward M ^c   Kiehl, Kent A ^a,b  

^a MIND RESEARCH NETWORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

ERP; Facets; Factors; Oddball; PCL R; Psychopathy; Target detection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; ATTENTION; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY EVOKED POTENTIAL; AUDITORY STIMULATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; ATTENTION; AUDITORY CORTEX; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84939268767     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/psyp.12441     Document Type: Article

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