What neuroimaging tells us about psychopathic disorders.
The concept of psychopathy and its neurobiological basis are discussed. Structural (computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging) and functional (positron emission tomography, functional magnetic resonance imaging, single photon emission tomography) studies in antisocial and psychopathic samples are reviewed in this article.
Dolan
Mairead
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Neuroscience and Psychiatry Unit, University of Manchester.
D000374:Aggression; D000987:Antisocial Personality Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003415:Crime; D006801:Humans; D007175:Impulsive Behavior; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon / Q000379:methods; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods; D014754:Violence