title: [The relationship between right hemi-space visuospatial attention disturbance and anger in antisocial individuals].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Evidence suggests that individuals with antisocial personality disorder (APD) exhibit a less asymmetric pattern than healthy controls during auditory and visuospatial attention tasks characterized by a right hemispheric advantage; however, the association between attention asymmetry and symptomatology is not clear. The present study aimed to examine the relationship between visuospatial attention in the right and left hemi-spaces, and various dimensions of anger in individuals with APD.
  
  
  METHODS
  We compared visuospatial attention performance in the right and left hemi-spaces during a computerized Line Bisection Test (LBT) in individuals with APD (n = 52) and healthy controls (n = 34). We also administered the Multi-Dimensional Anger Scale (MDAS) to both groups.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Subjects in the APD group made larger bisection errors than healthy controls only during the right hemi-space condition and had higher scores than those in the control group on all MDAS dimensions of anger. The severity of anger symptoms and thoughts were predicted by right hemi-space visuospatial attention disturbance in the APD group, whereas no such association was observed in the control group.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The present findings either suggest a left hemisphere neuropathology or a disturbance in inter-hemispheric transmission in the APD group. Right hemi-space-specific visual attention disturbance may mediate the relationship between neuropathology, and somatic and trait dimensions of anger in APD.
authors.affiliation: Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, Psychiatric Rehabilitation Unit, 3Assoc Prof, Ankara. baskak@medicine.ankara.edu.tr
authors.forename: Bora
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Baskak
authors.forename: Halise Devrimci
authors.initials: HD
authors.lastname: Ozgüven
authors.forename: Erguvan Tuğba
authors.initials: ET
authors.lastname: Ozel Kızıl
authors.forename: Derya
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Erkan
authors.forename: Ersin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Koç
authors.forename: Gülümser
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gedik
mesh_terms: D000786:Anger; D000987:Antisocial Personality Disorder / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006801:Humans; D010468:Perceptual Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D013028:Space Perception