Emotional expression recognition and attribution bias among sexual and violent offenders: A signal detection analysis

Research with violent offenders has consistently shown impaired recognition of other’s facial expressions of emotion. However, the extent to which similar problems can be observed among sexual offenders remains unknown. Using a computerized task, we presented sexual and violent offenders, and non-of...

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Main Authors: Steven Mark Gillespie, Pia eRotshtein, Rose-Marie eSatherley, Anthony Robert Beech, Ian John Mitchell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00595/full