Psychopaths show enhanced amygdala activation during fear conditioning

Psychopathy is a personality disorder characterized by emotional deficits and a failure to inhibit impulsive behavior and is often subdivided into primary and secondary psychopathic subtypes. The maladaptive behavior related to primary psychopathy is thought to reflect constitutional fearlessness, w...

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Main Authors: Douglas eSchultz, Nicholas eBalderston, Arielle Ryan Baskin-Sommers, Christine L Larson, Fred J Helmstetter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00348/full