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Theory of mind and psychopathy: can psychopathic individuals read the 'language of the eyes'?
Full Abstract
There have been suggestions that Theory of Mind (ToM) impairment might lead to aggressive behaviour and psychopathy. Psychopathic and matched non-psychopathic individuals, as defined by the Hare Psychopathy Checklist [The Hare Psychopath Checklist-Revised, 1991] completed the 'Reading the Mind in the Eyes' ToM Test [Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 1997;38:813]. This test requires the self-paced identification of mental states from photographs of the eye region alone. Results indicated that the psychopathic individuals did not present with any generalised impairment in ToM. The data are discussed with reference to the putative neural system mediating performance on this task and models of psychopathy.
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Author/s: Richell, R A (RA); Mitchell, D G V (DG); Newman, C (C); Leonard, A (A); Baron-Cohen, S (S); Blair, R J R (RJ);
Affiliation: Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, Department of Psychology, University College, London, UK.
Journal and publication information
Publication Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Journal: Neuropsychologia (Neuropsychologia), published in England. (Language: eng)
Reference: 2003-; vol 41 (issue 5) : pp 523-6
Dates: Created 2003/01/31; Completed 2003/04/17; Revised 2006/11/15;
PMID: 12559146, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)
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