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Dysfunctional error-related processing in incarcerated youth with elevated psychopathic traits

Adult psychopathic offenders show an increased propensity towards violence, impulsivity, and recidivism. A subsample of youth with elevated psychopathic traits represent a particularly severe subgroup characterized by extreme behavioral problems and comparable neurocognitive deficits as their adult...

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Autores principales: Maurer, J. Michael, Steele, Vaughn R., Cope, Lora M., Vincent, Gina M., Stephen, Julia M., Calhoun, Vince D., Kiehl, Kent A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4961041/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26930170
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dcn.2016.02.006
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author Maurer, J. Michael
Steele, Vaughn R.
Cope, Lora M.
Vincent, Gina M.
Stephen, Julia M.
Calhoun, Vince D.
Kiehl, Kent A.
author_facet Maurer, J. Michael
Steele, Vaughn R.
Cope, Lora M.
Vincent, Gina M.
Stephen, Julia M.
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description Adult psychopathic offenders show an increased propensity towards violence, impulsivity, and recidivism. A subsample of youth with elevated psychopathic traits represent a particularly severe subgroup characterized by extreme behavioral problems and comparable neurocognitive deficits as their adult counterparts, including perseveration deficits. Here, we investigate response-locked event-related potential (ERP) components (the error-related negativity [ERN/Ne] related to early error-monitoring processing and the error-related positivity [Pe] involved in later error-related processing) in a sample of incarcerated juvenile male offenders (n = 100) who performed a response inhibition Go/NoGo task. Psychopathic traits were assessed using the Hare Psychopathy Checklist: Youth Version (PCL:YV). The ERN/Ne and Pe were analyzed with classic windowed ERP components and principal component analysis (PCA). Using linear regression analyses, PCL:YV scores were unrelated to the ERN/Ne, but were negatively related to Pe mean amplitude. Specifically, the PCL:YV Facet 4 subscale reflecting antisocial traits emerged as a significant predictor of reduced amplitude of a subcomponent underlying the Pe identified with PCA. This is the first evidence to suggest a negative relationship between adolescent psychopathy scores and Pe mean amplitude.
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spelling pubmed-49610412016-07-26 Dysfunctional error-related processing in incarcerated youth with elevated psychopathic traits Maurer, J. Michael Steele, Vaughn R. Cope, Lora M. Vincent, Gina M. Stephen, Julia M. Calhoun, Vince D. Kiehl, Kent A. Dev Cogn Neurosci Original Research Adult psychopathic offenders show an increased propensity towards violence, impulsivity, and recidivism. A subsample of youth with elevated psychopathic traits represent a particularly severe subgroup characterized by extreme behavioral problems and comparable neurocognitive deficits as their adult counterparts, including perseveration deficits. Here, we investigate response-locked event-related potential (ERP) components (the error-related negativity [ERN/Ne] related to early error-monitoring processing and the error-related positivity [Pe] involved in later error-related processing) in a sample of incarcerated juvenile male offenders (n = 100) who performed a response inhibition Go/NoGo task. Psychopathic traits were assessed using the Hare Psychopathy Checklist: Youth Version (PCL:YV). The ERN/Ne and Pe were analyzed with classic windowed ERP components and principal component analysis (PCA). Using linear regression analyses, PCL:YV scores were unrelated to the ERN/Ne, but were negatively related to Pe mean amplitude. Specifically, the PCL:YV Facet 4 subscale reflecting antisocial traits emerged as a significant predictor of reduced amplitude of a subcomponent underlying the Pe identified with PCA. This is the first evidence to suggest a negative relationship between adolescent psychopathy scores and Pe mean amplitude. Elsevier 2016-02-22 /pmc/articles/PMC4961041/ /pubmed/26930170 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dcn.2016.02.006 Text en © 2016 Published by Elsevier Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Dysfunctional error-related processing in incarcerated youth with elevated psychopathic traits
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4961041/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26930170
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dcn.2016.02.006
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