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

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 and recidivism. Despite the accumulation of neuroimaging studies of psychopathy, a clear and comprehensive picture of the disorder's neural correlates has yet to emerge. The current study is a meta-analysis of functional MRI studies of psychopathy. Multilevel kernel density analysis was used to identify consistent findings across 25 studies (460 foci) of task-related brain activity. Psychopathy was associated with increased task-related activity predominantly in midline cortical regions overlapping with the default mode network (dorsomedial prefrontal cortex, posterior cingulate, and precuneus) as well as medial temporal lobe (including amygdala). Psychopathy was related to decreased task-related activity in a region of the dorsal anterior cingulate cortex overlapping with the salience network. These findings challenge predominant theories of amygdala hypoactivity and highlight the potential role of hyperactivity in medial default mode network regions and hypoactivity in a key node of the salience network during task performance in psychopathy.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:10

Enthalten in:

Translational psychiatry - 10(2020), 1 vom: 06. Mai, Seite 133

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Deming, Philip [VerfasserIn]
Koenigs, Michael [VerfasserIn]

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Journal Article
Meta-Analysis

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Date Completed 18.06.2021

Date Revised 19.09.2023

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1038/s41398-020-0816-8

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM309602386