Altering the cognitive-affective dysfunctions of psychopathic and externalizing offender subtypes with cognitive remediation

Clinical Psychological Science

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 45-57

  Baskin Sommers, Arielle R ^a,b   Curtin, John J ^b   Newman, Joseph P ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Antisocial behavior; Cognition; Emotion; Intervention

Indexed keywords

EID: 84988043713     PISSN: 21677026     EISSN: 21677034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2167702614560744     Document Type: Article

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