Reduced Sensitivity to others' fearful expressions in psychopathic individuals

R J R Blair; D G V Mitchell; K S Peschardt; E Colledge; R A Leonard; J H Shine; L K Murray; David Ian Perrett

doi:10.1016/j.paid.2003.10.008

Reduced Sensitivity to others' fearful expressions in psychopathic individuals

R J R Blair, D G V Mitchell, K S Peschardt, E Colledge, R A Leonard, J H Shine, L K Murray, David Ian Perrett

School of Psychology and Neuroscience

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Abstract

This study investigates the ability of psychopathic individuals to process facial emotional expressions. Psychopathic and comparison individuals, as defined by the Hare Psychopathy Checklist Revised (PCL-R), were presented with a standardized set of facial expressions depicting six emotions: happy, surprised, disgusted, angry, sad and fearful. Participants observed as these facial expressions slowly evolved through 20 successive frames of increasing intensity. The dependent variables were latency in responding as measured by frame and number of errors. The psychopathic individuals showed selective impairment for the recognition of fearful expressions. The results are interpreted with reference to the Violence Inhibition Mechanism model of psychopathy and the suggestion that psychopathic individuals present with amygdala dysfunction. Published by Elsevier Ltd.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1111-1122
Number of pages	12
Journal	Personality and Individual Differences
Volume	37
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2003.10.008
Publication status	Published - Oct 2004

Keywords

facial expressions
fear
amygdala
orbital frontal cortex
violence inhibition mechanism
BILATERAL AMYGDALA DAMAGE
FACIAL EXPRESSIONS
RESPONSE REVERSAL
NEURAL RESPONSES
STARTLE REFLEX
DISTRESS CUES
EMOTION
RECOGNITION
IMPAIRMENT
PERSONALITY

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Access to Document

10.1016/j.paid.2003.10.008

Cite this

@article{00d0008cf3f74c1b91b2660c14d5d9ec,

title = "Reduced Sensitivity to others' fearful expressions in psychopathic individuals",

abstract = "This study investigates the ability of psychopathic individuals to process facial emotional expressions. Psychopathic and comparison individuals, as defined by the Hare Psychopathy Checklist Revised (PCL-R), were presented with a standardized set of facial expressions depicting six emotions: happy, surprised, disgusted, angry, sad and fearful. Participants observed as these facial expressions slowly evolved through 20 successive frames of increasing intensity. The dependent variables were latency in responding as measured by frame and number of errors. The psychopathic individuals showed selective impairment for the recognition of fearful expressions. The results are interpreted with reference to the Violence Inhibition Mechanism model of psychopathy and the suggestion that psychopathic individuals present with amygdala dysfunction. Published by Elsevier Ltd.",

keywords = "facial expressions, fear, amygdala, orbital frontal cortex, violence inhibition mechanism, BILATERAL AMYGDALA DAMAGE, FACIAL EXPRESSIONS, RESPONSE REVERSAL, NEURAL RESPONSES, STARTLE REFLEX, DISTRESS CUES, EMOTION, RECOGNITION, IMPAIRMENT, PERSONALITY",

author = "Blair, {R J R} and Mitchell, {D G V} and Peschardt, {K S} and E Colledge and Leonard, {R A} and Shine, {J H} and Murray, {L K} and Perrett, {David Ian}",

year = "2004",

month = oct,

doi = "10.1016/j.paid.2003.10.008",

language = "English",

volume = "37",

pages = "1111--1122",

journal = "Personality and Individual Differences",

issn = "0191-8869",

publisher = "PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD",

number = "6",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Reduced Sensitivity to others' fearful expressions in psychopathic individuals

AU - Blair, R J R

AU - Mitchell, D G V

AU - Peschardt, K S

AU - Colledge, E

AU - Leonard, R A

AU - Shine, J H

AU - Murray, L K

AU - Perrett, David Ian

PY - 2004/10

Y1 - 2004/10

N2 - This study investigates the ability of psychopathic individuals to process facial emotional expressions. Psychopathic and comparison individuals, as defined by the Hare Psychopathy Checklist Revised (PCL-R), were presented with a standardized set of facial expressions depicting six emotions: happy, surprised, disgusted, angry, sad and fearful. Participants observed as these facial expressions slowly evolved through 20 successive frames of increasing intensity. The dependent variables were latency in responding as measured by frame and number of errors. The psychopathic individuals showed selective impairment for the recognition of fearful expressions. The results are interpreted with reference to the Violence Inhibition Mechanism model of psychopathy and the suggestion that psychopathic individuals present with amygdala dysfunction. Published by Elsevier Ltd.

AB - This study investigates the ability of psychopathic individuals to process facial emotional expressions. Psychopathic and comparison individuals, as defined by the Hare Psychopathy Checklist Revised (PCL-R), were presented with a standardized set of facial expressions depicting six emotions: happy, surprised, disgusted, angry, sad and fearful. Participants observed as these facial expressions slowly evolved through 20 successive frames of increasing intensity. The dependent variables were latency in responding as measured by frame and number of errors. The psychopathic individuals showed selective impairment for the recognition of fearful expressions. The results are interpreted with reference to the Violence Inhibition Mechanism model of psychopathy and the suggestion that psychopathic individuals present with amygdala dysfunction. Published by Elsevier Ltd.

KW - facial expressions

KW - fear

KW - amygdala

KW - orbital frontal cortex

KW - violence inhibition mechanism

KW - BILATERAL AMYGDALA DAMAGE

KW - FACIAL EXPRESSIONS

KW - RESPONSE REVERSAL

KW - NEURAL RESPONSES

KW - STARTLE REFLEX

KW - DISTRESS CUES

KW - EMOTION

KW - RECOGNITION

KW - IMPAIRMENT

KW - PERSONALITY

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=4544329268&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1016/j.paid.2003.10.008

DO - 10.1016/j.paid.2003.10.008

M3 - Article

SN - 0191-8869

VL - 37

SP - 1111

EP - 1122

JO - Personality and Individual Differences

JF - Personality and Individual Differences

IS - 6

ER -

Reduced Sensitivity to others' fearful expressions in psychopathic individuals

Abstract

Keywords

UN SDGs

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this