The clinical concept of psychopathy (“psychopathic personality”) is generally considered to
entail persistent behavioral deviancy in the company of emotional–interpersonal …

The aim of this paper is to explicate what is special about emotional information processing,
emphasizing the neural foundations that underlie the experience and expression of fear. A …

Abstract The Self-Assessment Manikin (SAM) is a non-verbal pictorial assessment technique
that directly measures the pleasure, arousal, and dominance associated with a person's …

Colored photographic pictures that varied widely across the affective dimensions of valence
(pleasant‐unpleasant) and arousal (excited‐calm) were each viewed for a 6‐s period while …

Emotions are action dispositions, states of vigilant readiness that vary widely in reported
affect, physiology, and behavior. They are driven, however, by only 2 opponent motivational …

The present study examined antisocial dispositions in 487 university students. Primary and
secondary psychopathy scales were developed to assess a protopsychopathic interpersonal …

In the human psychology laboratory, attention is commonly treated as a rational, conscious,
cognitive activity. The focus of attention is often defined by instructions, or alternatively, by …

As new technology fuels the rapid growth of research in psychophysiology, it is essential that
those new to the field receive a comprehensive introduction. Psychophysiology: Human …

Various social animal species have been noted to inhibit aggressive attacks when a
conspecific displays submission cues. Blair (1993) has suggested that humans possess a …

This volume presents a scholarly analysis of psychopathic and sociopathic personalities and
the conditions that give rise to them. In so doing, it offers a coherent theoretical and …