Addictions are commonly presaged by problems in childhood and adolescence. For many
individuals this starts with the early expression of impulsive risk-taking, social …

In everyday life, multiple sensory channels jointly trigger emotional experiences and one
channel may alter processing in another channel. For example, seeing an emotional facial …

While it is well established that individuals with psychopathy have a marked deficit in
affective arousal, emotional empathy, and caring for the well-being of others, the extent to …

Linking psychopathy to a specific brain abnormality could have significant clinical, legal, and
scientific implications. Theories on the neurobiological basis of the disorder typically …

BACKGROUND: Psychopathic behavior is generally attributed to a fundamental, amygdala-
mediated deficit in fearlessness that undermines social conformity. An alternative view is that …

Facial expressions play a critical role in social interactions by eliciting rapid responses in the
observer. Failure to perceive and experience a normal range and depth of emotion seriously …

Psychopathy, which is characterized by a constellation of antisocial behavioral traits, may be
subdivided on the basis of etiology:“primary”(low-anxious) psychopathy is viewed as a direct …

If the amygdala is involved in shaping perceptual experience when affectively significant
visual items are encountered, responses in this structure should be correlated with both …

Psychopathic individuals are infamous for their chronic and diverse failures of social
adjustment despite their adequate intellectual abilities. Non-cognitive factors, in particular …

Psychopathic behavior has long been attributed to a fundamental deficit in fear that arises
from impaired amygdala function. Growing evidence has demonstrated that fear-potentiated …