Functional Neuroscience of Psychopathic Personality in Adults

Journal of Personality

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 723-737

  Seara Cardoso, Ana ^a   Viding, Essi ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; BRAIN; COGNITION; EMOTION; EMPATHY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; REWARD;

ADULT; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; BRAIN; COGNITION; EMOTIONS; EMPATHY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REWARD; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84958761263     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: 14676494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jopy.12113     Document Type: Article

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