EMOTION IN THE CRIMINAL PSYCHOPATH - FEAR IMAGE-PROCESSING

被引:188
作者
PATRICK, CJ
CUTHBERT, BN
LANG, PJ
机构
[1] UNIV FLORIDA, CTR RES PSYCHOPHYSIOL, GAINESVILLE, FL 32611 USA
[2] UNIV FLORIDA, J HILLIS MILLER HLTH CTR, DEPT CLIN & HLTH PSYCHOL, GAINESVILLE, FL 32610 USA
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10.1037/0021-843X.103.3.523
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B849 [应用心理学];
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040203 ;
摘要
We tested the hypothesis that the response mobilization that normally accompanies imagery of emotional situations is deficient in psychopaths. Cardiac, electrodermal, and facial muscle responses of 54 prisoners, assigned to low- and high-psychopathy groups using R. D. Hare's (1991) Psychopathy Checklist-Revised, were recorded while subjects imagined fearful and neutral scenes in a cued sentence-processing task. Groups did not differ on self-ratings of fearfulness, imagery ability, or imagery experience. Low-psychopathy subjects showed larger physiological reactions during fearful imagery than high-psychopathy subjects. Extreme scores on the antisocial behavior factor of psychopathy predicted imagery response deficits. Results are consistent with the idea that semantic and emotional processes are dissociated in psychopaths.
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页码:523 / 534
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