Theory of mind and psychopathy: can psychopathic individuals read the 'language of the eyes'?

被引：248

作者：

Richell, RA

Mitchell, DGV

Newman, C

Leonard, A

Baron-Cohen, S

Blair, RJR

机构：

[1] NIMH, Unit Affect Cognit Neurosci, Mood & Anxiety Disorders Program, Bethesda, MD 20892 USA

[2] UCL, Dept Psychol, Inst Cognit Sci, London, England

[3] HMP Wormwood Scrubs, London, England

[4] Univ Cambridge, Dept Expt Psychol, Autism Res Ctr, Cambridge CB2 3EB, England

[5] Univ Cambridge, Dept Psychiat, Autism Res Ctr, Cambridge CB2 3EB, England

来源：

NEUROPSYCHOLOGIA | 2003年 / 41卷 / 05期

关键词：

psychopathy; theory of mind; amygdala;

D O I：

10.1016/S0028-3932(02)00175-6

中图分类号：

B84 [心理学]; C [社会科学总论]; Q98 [人类学];

学科分类号：

03 ; 0303 ; 030303 ; 04 ; 0402 ;

摘要：

There have been suggestions that Theory of Mind (ToM) impairment might lead to aggressive behaviour and psychopathy. Psychopathic and matched non-psychopathic individuals, as defined by the Hare Psychopathy Checklist [The Hare Psychopath Checklist-Revised, 1991] completed the 'Reading the Mind in the Eyes' ToM Test [Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 1997;38:813]. This test requires the self-paced identification of mental states from photographs of the eye region alone. Results indicated that the psychopathic individuals did not present with any generalised impairment in ToM. The data are discussed with reference to the putative neural system mediating performance on this task and models of psychopathy. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.

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页码：523 / 526

页数：4

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