Error-related processing in adult males with elevated psychopathic traits

Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 80-90

  Steele, Vaughn R ^a   Michael Maurer, J ^a   Bernat, Edward M ^b   Calhoun, Vince D ^a   Kiehl, Kent A ^a  

^a MIND RESEARCH NETWORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Error positivity; Error processing; Error related negativity; Event related potentials; Psychopathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; EVOKED RESPONSE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; EVOKED POTENTIALS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRISONERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84954398821     PISSN: 19492715     EISSN: 19492723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/per0000143     Document Type: Article

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