Functional neural correlates of psychopathy: a meta-analysis of MRI data.
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SUBMITTER: Deming P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7203015 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May
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Functional neural correlates of psychopathy: a meta-analysis of MRI data.
Deming Philip P Koenigs Michael M
Translational psychiatry 20200506 1
Neuroimaging studies over the last two decades have begun to specify the neurobiological correlates of psychopathy, a personality disorder that is strongly related to criminal offending and recidivism. Despite the accumulation of neuroimaging studies of psychopathy, a clear and comprehensive picture of the disorder's neural correlates has yet to emerge. The current study is a meta-analysis of functional MRI studies of psychopathy. Multilevel kernel density analysis was used to identify consisten ...[more]
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