title: Localisation of increased prefrontal white matter in pathological liars.
abstract: We examined white matter volumes in four prefrontal subregions using structural magnetic resonance imaging in 10 pathological liars, 14 antisocial controls, and 20 normal controls. Liars showed a relatively widespread increase in white matter (23-36%) in orbitofrontal, middle and inferior, but not superior, frontal gyri compared with antisocial and normal controls. This white matter increase may predispose some individuals to pathological lying.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, and David Geffen School of Medicine, CA 90089-1061, USA. yalingy@usc.edu
authors.forename: Yaling
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Adrian
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Raine
authors.forename: Katherine L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Narr
authors.forename: Todd
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lencz
authors.forename: Lori
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: LaCasse
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Colletti
authors.forename: Arthur W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Toga
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D008192:Deception; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008014:Lie Detection / Q000523:psychology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D017397:Prefrontal Cortex / Q000473:pathology*