Psychopathy and instrumental aggression: Evolutionary, neurobiological, and legal perspectives

Glenn, Andrea L.; Raine, Adrian

doi:10.1016/j.ijlp.2009.04.002

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“…From a theoretical point of view, our finding that some psychopathic characteristics may predict better (not poorer) choices is consistent with some evolutionary theories, which suggest psychopathy was an alternate evolutionary adaptive strategy (Glenn & Raine, 2009). However, these theories have not been rigorously tested, and have not taken into account differences between specific traits and facets.…”

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Psychopathic Personality Traits and Iowa Gambling Task Performance in Incarcerated Offenders

Hughes

Dolan

Trueblood

et al. 2014

Psychiatry, Psychology and Law

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 89%

Psychopathic Personality Traits and Iowa Gambling Task Performance in Incarcerated Offenders

Hughes

Dolan

Trueblood

et al. 2014

Psychiatry, Psychology and Law

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“…Episodes are generally triggered by social provocation and are associated with anger . This is in contrast to instrumental aggression, as seen in psychopathy, that is aggression carried out in pursuit of a reward or dominance (Glenn and Raine, 2009). Current therapeutic approaches such as SSRI medications and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) can help, but are not always effective (respectively McCloskey et al, 2008).…”

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confidence: 99%

White Matter Integrity Reductions in Intermittent Explosive Disorder

Lee

Arfanakis

Evia

et al. 2016

Neuropsychopharmacol

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Intermittent explosive disorder (IED), as described in DSM-5, is the categorical expression of pathological impulsive aggression. Previous work has identified neurobiological correlates of the disorder in patterns of frontal-limbic brain activity and dysregulation of serotonergic neurotransmission. Given the importance of short-and-long range white matter connections of the brain in social and emotional behavior, studies of white matter connectivity in impulsive aggression are warranted. Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) studies in the related conditions of antisocial and borderline personality disorder have produced preliminary evidence of disturbed white matter connectivity in these disorders, but to date there have been no DTI studies in IED. A total of 132 male and female adults between the ages of 18 and 55 years underwent Turboprop-DTI on a 3-Tesla MRI scanner. Of these, 42 subjects had IED, 40 were normal controls, and 50 were clinical psychiatric controls with psychiatric disorders without IED. All subjects were free of alcohol, psychotropic medications, or drugs of abuse. The diffusion tensor was calculated in each voxel and maps of fractional anisotropy (FA) were generated. Tract-based spatial statistics (TBSS) were used to compare FA along the white matter skeleton among the three subject groups. IED was associated with lower FA in two clusters located in the superior longitudinal fasciculus (SLF) when compared with the psychiatric and healthy controls. Impulsive aggression and borderline personality disorder, but not psychopathy or antisocial personality disorder, was associated with lower FA in the two clusters within the SLF. In conclusion, IED was associated with lower white matter integrity in long-range connections between the frontal and temporoparietal regions.

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“…Previous research [36,40,71] also highlighted the importance of manipulative behavior and interpersonal exploitiveness, and self-centredness and self-admiration which allow adults with psychopathic traits to take advantage of others -elements which were also reported as prominent among suspended adolescents [42].…”

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Interpersonal and Affective Dimensions of Psychopathic Traits in Adolescents: Development and Validation of a Self-Report Instrument

Houghton

Hunter

Khan

et al. 2012

Child Psychiatry Hum Dev

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Psychopathy and instrumental aggression: Evolutionary, neurobiological, and legal perspectives

Cited by 148 publications

References 68 publications

Psychopathic Personality Traits and Iowa Gambling Task Performance in Incarcerated Offenders

Psychopathic Personality Traits and Iowa Gambling Task Performance in Incarcerated Offenders

White Matter Integrity Reductions in Intermittent Explosive Disorder

Interpersonal and Affective Dimensions of Psychopathic Traits in Adolescents: Development and Validation of a Self-Report Instrument

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