articleArchives of General PsychiatryJul 1, 2005Closed access

Deficient Fear Conditioning in Psychopathy

University of Tübingen · Central Institute of Mental Health · +1 more institution

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Abstract

Objective

To study the cerebral, peripheral, and subjective correlates of fear conditioning in criminal psychopaths and healthy control subjects.

Design

An aversive differential pavlovian delay conditioning paradigm with slides of neutral faces serving as conditioned and painful pressure as unconditioned stimuli.

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698
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Authors

7

Topics & keywords

Keywords
  • Psychopathy
  • Psychology
  • Conditioning
  • Fear conditioning
  • Antisocial personality disorder
  • Clinical psychology
  • Developmental psychology
  • Cognitive psychology
UN Sustainable Development Goals
  • Peace, Justice and strong institutions
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