Emotional processing and psychopathic traits in male college students: An event-related potential study

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 106, Issue , 2016, Pages 39-49

  Medina, Amy L ^a,b   Kirilko, Elvira ^a   Grose Fifer, Jillian ^a,b  

^a JOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotional blunting; ERP; LPP; Psychopathy; Undergraduates

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTION; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOPATHIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY REVISED; PSYCHOPATHY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT; VISUAL STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; EVOKED RESPONSE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; EMOTIONS; EVOKED POTENTIALS; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84975508524     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: 18727697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2016.06.004     Document Type: Article

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