Exploring the neural correlates of (altered) moral cognition in psychopaths
Autor: | Laura Marianne Lenzen, Timm B. Poeppl, Simon B. Eickhoff, Maximilian R. Donges |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Brain activity and meditation
media_common.quotation_subject Psychopathy Empathy Morals Amygdala psychopathy Cognition Neuroimaging Theory of mind Cortex (anatomy) medicine Humans Insular Cortex empathy media_common theory of mind Neural correlates of consciousness neuroimaging Brain Antisocial Personality Disorder medicine.disease meta���analysis Psychiatry and Mental health Clinical Psychology medicine.anatomical_structure meta‐analysis ddc:340 moral cognition Psychology interdisziplinäre Rechtsforschung Law Neuroscience |
Zdroj: | Behavioral sciences & the law 39(6), 731-740 (2021). doi:10.1002/bsl.2539 Behavioral Sciences & the Law |
DOI: | 10.1002/bsl.2539 |
Popis: | Research into the neurofunctional mechanisms of psychopathy has gathered momentum over the last years. Previous neuroimaging studies have identified general changes in brain activity of psychopaths. In an exploratory meta���analysis, we here investigated the neural correlates of impaired moral cognition in psychopaths. Our analyses replicated general effects in the dorsomedial prefrontal cortex, lateral prefrontal cortex, fronto���insular cortex, and amygdala, which have been reported recently. In addition, we found aberrant brain activity in the midbrain and inferior parietal cortex. Our preliminary findings suggest that alterations in both regions may represent more specific functional brain changes related to (altered) moral cognition in psychopaths. Furthermore, future studies including a more comprehensive corpus of neuroimaging studies on moral cognition in psychopaths should re���examine this notion. Behavioral Sciences & the Law, vol. 39, no. 6, p. 731 |
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