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Functional Neuroimaging in Psychopathy
Author(s) -
Antonio Del Casale,
Georgios D. Kotzalidis,
Chiara Rapinesi,
Simone Di Pietro,
Maria Chiara Alessi,
Gianluigi Di Cesare,
Silvia Criscuolo,
Pietro De Rossi,
Roberto Tatarelli,
Paolo Girardi,
Stefano Ferracuti
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
neuropsychobiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.71
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1423-0224
pISSN - 0302-282X
DOI - 10.1159/000441189
Subject(s) - psychology , psychopathy , orbitofrontal cortex , insula , neuroimaging , functional magnetic resonance imaging , amygdala , functional neuroimaging , neuroscience , prefrontal cortex , affective neuroscience , cognitive psychology , cognition , personality , social psychology
Psychopathy is associated with cognitive and affective deficits causing disruptive, harmful and selfish behaviour. These have considerable societal costs due to recurrent crime and property damage. A better understanding of the neurobiological bases of psychopathy could improve therapeutic interventions, reducing the related social costs. To analyse the major functional neural correlates of psychopathy, we reviewed functional neuroimaging studies conducted on persons with this condition.

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