Psychophysiological Correlates of Antisocial Behavior: A Central Control Hypothesis

Ishikawa, Sharon S.; Raine, Adrian

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“…Our observation of an early alteration in ERPs in MAOA-L genotypes, particularly reduced negativity, accords with evidence for similar alterations during automatic emotionprocessing tasks in psychopathy, suggesting that these findings reflect the common contribution of antisocial traits (Campanella et al, 2005;Ishikawa and Raine, 2002;Raine et al, 1990;Scarpa and Raine, 1997). Emotion-elicited negativity around 200 ms has been linked to increases in phasic skin conductance arousal (Williams et al, 2004), and antisocial behavior to reductions in skin conductance arousal (Gilbert et al, 1991).…”

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A Polymorphism of the MAOA Gene is Associated with Emotional Brain Markers and Personality Traits on an Antisocial Index

Williams

Gatt

Kuan

et al. 2009

Neuropsychopharmacol

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Association studies suggest that the low activity variant of the monoamine oxidase A (MAOA)-uVNTR polymorphism confers risk for emotional disturbances associated with antisocial traits, particularly in males. Here, we assessed the low (MAOA-L) activity variant in relation to both brain function and a behavioral index of antisocial traits. From an initial sample of 290 healthy participants, 210 had low (MAOA-L) or high (MAOA-H) activity variants. Participants underwent a brief assessment of personality traits and event-related potential (ERP) recording during an emotion-processing task. Genotype differences in ERPs were localized using LORETA. The MAOA-L genotype was distinguished by elevated scores on the index of antisocial traits. These traits were related to altered ERPs elicited 120-280 ms post-stimulus, particularly for negative emotion. Altered neural processing of anger in MAOA-L genotypes was localized to medial frontal, parietal, and superior temporo-occipital regions in males, but only to the superior occipital cortex in females. The MAOA low activity variant may increase susceptibility to antisocial traits through alterations to the neural systems for processing threat-related emotion, especially for males. Monoamines such as noradrenalin and serotonin may modulate these relationships, given that their metabolism varies according to MAOA variants, and that they modulate both emotional brain systems and antisocial aggression.

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“…These reductions suggest difficulties in automatic appraisal of the arousing properties of emotion stimuli. More controlled emotion tasks (and linguistic ones) elicit later enhancements in negativity (300-800 ms), related to psychopathic and antisocial traits (Howard and McCullagh, 2007;Ishikawa and Raine, 2002;Kiehl et al, 1999).…”

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A Polymorphism of the MAOA Gene is Associated with Emotional Brain Markers and Personality Traits on an Antisocial Index

Williams

Gatt

Kuan

et al. 2009

Neuropsychopharmacol

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“…One main explanation for persistent antisocial behaviour patterns relies on the assumption that antisocial individuals have reduced capacity to process and experience emotional stimuli. Emotional responsiveness in these circumstances has been studied since the 1950s (Hare, ; Fowles, ; ; Patrick, ; Ishikawa and Raine, ; Verona et al, ). Such studies frequently include direct self‐report measures of emotional processing (e.g.…”

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Using signal detection theory in the analysis of emotional sensitivity of male recidivist offenders

Barbosa

Almeida

Ferreira‐Santos

et al. 2015

Criminal Behav Ment Health

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“…For instance, greater N1 amplitude and faster P3 latency at age 15 have been found to predict criminal status at age 24 (Raine, Venables, & Williams, 1990b ) . However, such fi ndings may represent abnormal information processing, rather than enhancement (Ishikawa & Raine, 2002 ) .…”

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The Biology of Childhood Crime and Antisocial Behavior

Portnoy

Gao

Glenn

et al. 2012

Handbook of Life-Course Criminology

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Research into the biological underpinnings of antisocial behavior has not only been increasingly integrated into criminological research, but has also expanded its scope to focus on antisocial behavior that develops during childhood. Many of the biological risk factors that are associated with antisocial behavior during adulthood have also been found to characterize young antisocials. Structural and functional brain imaging studies have implicated several brain regions in the development of antisocial behavior in children, including the amygdala, the ventromedial prefrontal cortex, and the temporal region. Neuropsychological studies indicate that antisocial children display multiple behavioral indices of brain dysfunction, including executive dysfunction and IQ de fi cits. Psychophysiological studies have revealed that antisocial children are characterized by underarousal and diminished responses to stimuli and stressors. Early health factors, including minor physical anomalies and prenatal nicotine exposure, both independently and in interaction with social risk factors are associated with antisocial behavior in children. Future research should focus on incorporating a life-course criminological perspective into the study of the biology of childhood crime and antisocial behavior. Longitudinal studies that measure both biological and social risk factors over time will be critical to advancing our understanding of the development of antisocial behavior both during childhood and throughout the life-course.

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Psychophysiological Correlates of Antisocial Behavior: A Central Control Hypothesis

Cited by 13 publications

References 107 publications

A Polymorphism of the MAOA Gene is Associated with Emotional Brain Markers and Personality Traits on an Antisocial Index

A Polymorphism of the MAOA Gene is Associated with Emotional Brain Markers and Personality Traits on an Antisocial Index

Using signal detection theory in the analysis of emotional sensitivity of male recidivist offenders

The Biology of Childhood Crime and Antisocial Behavior

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