How reliable are amygdala findings in psychopathy? A systematic review of MRI studies

P Deming, M Heilicher, M Koenigs - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral …, 2022 - Elsevier
The amygdala is a key component in predominant neural circuitry models of psychopathy.
Yet, after two decades of neuroimaging research on psychopathy, the reproducibility of …

Is the putative mirror neuron system associated with empathy? A systematic review and meta-analysis

S Bekkali, GJ Youssef, PH Donaldson… - Neuropsychology …, 2021 - Springer
Theoretical perspectives suggest that the mirror neuron system (MNS) is an important
neurobiological contributor to empathy, yet empirical support is mixed. Here, we adopt a …

A systematic literature review of neuroimaging of psychopathic traits

M Johanson, O Vaurio, J Tiihonen… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Core psychopathy is characterized by grandiosity, callousness,
manipulativeness, and lack of remorse, empathy, and guilt. It is often comorbid with conduct …

Functional neural correlates of psychopathy: a meta-analysis of MRI data

P Deming, M Koenigs - Translational psychiatry, 2020 - nature.com
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 …

Neurofunctional abnormalities in antisocial spectrum: A meta-analysis of fMRI studies on Five distinct neurocognitive research domains

JR Dugré, J Radua, M Carignan-Allard… - Neuroscience & …, 2020 - Elsevier
Past functional magnetic resonance imaging on antisocial subjects have shown important
inconsistencies and methodological problems (eg heterogeneity in fMRI tasks domain, small …

[HTML][HTML] Psychopathic traits and theory of mind task performance: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Z Song, A Jones, R Corcoran, N Daly… - Neuroscience & …, 2023 - Elsevier
This meta-analysis aims to examine the relationship between psychopathic traits and theory
of mind (ToM), which is classically and broadly defined as competency in representing and …

The contribution of brain imaging to the understanding of psychopathy

J Pujol, BJ Harrison, O Contreras-Rodriguez… - Psychological …, 2019 - cambridge.org
Psychopathy is a personality type characterized by both callous emotional dysfunction and
deviant behavior that affects society in the form of actions that harm others. Historically …

Functional neuroscience of psychopathic personality in adults

A Seara‐Cardoso, E Viding - Journal of Personality, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Psychopathy is a personality disorder that involves a constellation of traits including callous‐
unemotionality, manipulativeness, and impulsiveness. Here we review recent advances in …

The motivation of aggression: A cognitive neuroscience approach and neurochemical speculations.

RJ Blair - Motivation Science, 2022 - psycnet.apa.org
The goal of this article is to articulate a cognitive neuroscience model of aggression
motivation. Specifically, the motivation of both instrumental and reactive aggression will be …

The human mirror neuron system—A common neural basis for social cognition?

SNL Schmidt, J Hass, P Kirsch, D Mier - Psychophysiology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
According to the theory of embodied simulation, mirror neurons (MN) in our brain's motor
system are the neuronal basis of all social‐cognitive processes. The assumption of such a …