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- Title
Exploring the neural correlates of (altered) moral cognition in psychopaths.
- Authors
Lenzen, Laura M.; Donges, Maximilian R.; Eickhoff, Simon B.; Poeppl, Timm B.
- Abstract
Research into the neurofunctional mechanisms of psychopathy has gathered momentum over the last years. Previous neuroimaging studies have identified general changes in brain activity of psychopaths. In an exploratory meta‐analysis, we here investigated the neural correlates of impaired moral cognition in psychopaths. Our analyses replicated general effects in the dorsomedial prefrontal cortex, lateral prefrontal cortex, fronto‐insular cortex, and amygdala, which have been reported recently. In addition, we found aberrant brain activity in the midbrain and inferior parietal cortex. Our preliminary findings suggest that alterations in both regions may represent more specific functional brain changes related to (altered) moral cognition in psychopaths. Furthermore, future studies including a more comprehensive corpus of neuroimaging studies on moral cognition in psychopaths should re‐examine this notion.
- Subjects
EMPATHY; META-analysis; ETHICS; BRAIN imaging; PSYCHOPATHY; PHILOSOPHY of mind
- Publication
Behavioral Sciences & the Law, 2021, Vol 39, Issue 6, p731
- ISSN
0735-3936
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/bsl.2539