Neural processing of moral violations among incarcerated adolescents with psychopathic traits

Neural processing of moral violations among incarcerated adolescents with psychopathic traits

Neuroimaging studies have found that adult male psychopaths show reduced engagement of limbic and paralimbic circuitry while making moral judgments. The goal of this study was to investigate whether these findings extend to adolescent males with psychopathic traits. Functional MRI was used to record...

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Main Authors: Carla L. Harenski, Keith A. Harenski, Kent A. Kiehl
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-10-01
Series:Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience
Subjects:
Moral
Adolescent
Psychopathy
fMRI
Amygdala
Anterior Temporal Cortex
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1878929314000656

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