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Recent work:. Gray Matter Density Differences in Psychopathy. Violent Offenders and Psychopathy. Socially devastating disorder Responsible of a for 50% to 70% of all violent crimes (Moffitt, 1993; Hodgins, 1994). Affective, interpersonal, and behavioral characteristics

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  1. Recent work: Gray Matter Density Differences inPsychopathy

  2. Violent Offenders and Psychopathy • Socially devastating disorder • Responsible of a for 50% to 70% of all violent crimes • (Moffitt, 1993; Hodgins, 1994). • Affective, interpersonal, and behavioral characteristics • Lack of empathy, guilt, or remorse • Pathological lying • Persistent violation of social norms and expectations • It is not known if these men display abnormal brain structure.

  3. * Fisher exact test Table 1. Participants and Clinical Characteristics

  4. Table 2.Clinical Characteristics of Violent Offender with Psychopathy and those with ASPD only.

  5. Psychopathy versus Controls Left Hemisphere Right Hemisphere Pattern of percent gray matter local difference (top) and statistical significance (bottom) of the cerebral cortex.

  6. Cortical Midline Structures engaged in domains of the self AC PC Cortical midline structures DMPFC Deficitary functioning of the self Deficit in self- subfunctions OMPFC Orbitomedial prefrontal cortex (OMPFC), Dorsomedial prefrontal cortex (DMPFC), Anterior cingulate (AC), Posterior cingulate cortex (PC). (Northoff and Bermpohl, 2004)

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