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Psychopathy and violence: Arousal, temperament, birth complications, maternal rejection, and prefrontal dysfunction
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 February 2010
Abstract
The key questions arising from Mealey's analysis are: Do environmental factors such as early maternal rejection also contribute to the emotional deficits observed in psychopaths? Are there psychophysiological protective factors for antisocial behavior that have clinical implications? Does a disinhibited temperament and low arousal predispose to primary psychopathy? Would primary or secondary psychopaths be most characterized by prefrontal dysfunction?
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- Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 18 , Special Issue 3: An International Journal of Current Research and Theory with Open Peer Commentary , September 1995 , pp. 571 - 573
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- Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995
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