Abuse in childhood and psychopathic traits in a sample of violent offenders.

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 340-347 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adriano Schimmenti ◽  
Giovanbattista Di Carlo ◽  
Alessia Passanisi ◽  
Vincenzo Caretti
Keyword(s):  
Violent Offenders ◽  
Psychopathic Traits

scholarly journals Examining Associations Between Psychopathic Traits and Executive Functions in Incarcerated Violent Offenders

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carl Delfin ◽  
Peter Andiné ◽  
Björn Hofvander ◽  
Eva Billstedt ◽  
Märta Wallinius
Keyword(s):  
Executive Functions ◽  
Violent Offenders ◽  
Psychopathic Traits

Pupil reactivity to emotional faces among convicted violent offenders: The role of psychopathic traits.

2019 ◽  
Vol 128 (6) ◽  
pp. 622-632
Author(s):  
Steven M. Gillespie ◽  
Pia Rotshtein ◽  
Harriet Chapman ◽  
Emmie Brown ◽  
Anthony R. Beech ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Violent Offenders ◽  
Psychopathic Traits ◽  
Emotional Faces ◽  
Pupil Reactivity

Brain abnormalities in high-risk violent offenders and their association with psychopathic traits and criminal recidivism

Neuroscience ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 308 ◽  
pp. 194-201 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. Leutgeb ◽  
M. Leitner ◽  
A. Wabnegger ◽  
D. Klug ◽  
W. Scharmüller ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Risk ◽  
Violent Offenders ◽  
Psychopathic Traits ◽  
Criminal Recidivism ◽  
Brain Abnormalities

Unemotional traits predict early processing deficit for fearful expressions in young violent offenders: an investigation using continuous flash suppression

2014 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 285-297 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Jusyte ◽  
S. V. Mayer ◽  
E. Künzel ◽  
M. Hautzinger ◽  
M. Schönenberg
Keyword(s):  
Information Processing ◽  
Social Information Processing ◽  
Reaction Times ◽  
Violent Offenders ◽  
Psychopathic Traits ◽  
Unemotional Traits ◽  
The Face ◽  
Early Processing ◽  
Processing Deficit ◽  
Key Aspects

BackgroundResearch evidence suggests that cognitive and neural mechanisms involved in social information processing may underlie the key aspects associated with the emergence of aggression and psychopathy. Despite extensive research in this field, it is unclear whether this deficit relates to general attentional problems or affects early stages of information processing. Therefore, the aim was to explore the link between aggression, psychopathic traits, and the early processing deficits in young antisocial violent offenders (YAVOs) and healthy controls (CTLs).MethodParticipants were presented with rapidly changing Mondrian-like images in one eye, while a neutral or emotional (happy, angry, fearful, disgusted, surprised, sad) face was slowly introduced to the other eye. Participants indicated the location in which the face had appeared on the screen, reflecting the time when they became aware of the stimulus. The relative processing advantage was obtained by subtracting mean reaction times for emotional from neutral faces.ResultsThe results indicated that individuals with higher levels of unemotional traits tended to exhibit an extensive early processing disadvantage for fearful facial expressions; this relationship was only evident in the YAVO as opposed to the CTL sample.ConclusionsThese findings indicate that an emotion processing deficit in antisocial individuals is present even at the most basic levels of processing and closely related to certain psychopathic traits. Furthermore, this early processing deficit appears to be highly specific to fearful expressions, which is consistent with predictions made by influential models of psychopathy. The clinical significance and potential implications of the results are discussed.

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