Physiological Correlates of Psychopathy, Antisocial Personality Disorder, Habitual Aggression, and Violence [chapter]

Christopher J. Patrick
2014 Current topics in behavioral neurosciences  
This chapter reviews the existing literature on physiological correlates of psychopathy, antisocial personality disorder, and persistent violence/aggression. Coverage is provided of findings from studies utilizing peripheral, electrocortical, and neuroimaging measures. The review begins with a discussion of how psychopathy and antisocial personality are defined, and how these conditions relate to one another and to violent behavior. A case is made that the relationships psychopathy and ASPD
more » ... with violent and aggressive behavior, and similarities and differences in associations of each with physiological measures of various types can be understood in terms of symptomatic features these conditions have in common versus features that distinguish them. Following this, an overview is provided of major lines of evidence emerging from psychophysiological and neuroimaging studies conducted to date on these conditions. The final section of the chapter summarizes what has been learned from these existing studies and discusses implications and directions for future research.
doi:10.1007/7854_2014_345 pmid:25129139 fatcat:syxb6visffhcjmryfk46cenctu