TY - JOUR
T1 - Somatic markers and response reversal
T2 - Is there orbitofrontal cortex dysfunction in boys with psychopathic tendencies?
AU - Blair, R. J.R.
AU - Colledge, E.
AU - Mitchell, D. G.V.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by a Medical Research Council grant [Ref. G9716841] and the Department of Health (VISPED initiative). The authors would like to thank the staff and students at the Batchwood, Boxmoor, Larwood, and Rushden Schools.
PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - This study investigated the performance of boys with psychopathic tendencies and comparison boys, aged 9 to 17 years, on two tasks believed to be sensitive to amygdala and orbitofrontal cortex functioning. Fifty-one boys were divided into two groups according to the Psychopathy Screening Device (PSD, P. J. Frick & R. D. Hare, in press) and presented with two tasks. The tasks were the gambling task (A. Bechara, A. R. Damasio, H. Damasio, & S. W. Anderson, 1994) and the Intradimensional/ Extradimensional (ID/ED) shift task (R. Dias, T. W. Robbins, & A. C. Roberts, 1996). The boys with psychopathic tendencies showed impaired performance on the gambling task. However, there were no group differences on the ID/ED task either for response reversal or extradimensional set shifting. The implications of these results for models of psychopathy are discussed.
AB - This study investigated the performance of boys with psychopathic tendencies and comparison boys, aged 9 to 17 years, on two tasks believed to be sensitive to amygdala and orbitofrontal cortex functioning. Fifty-one boys were divided into two groups according to the Psychopathy Screening Device (PSD, P. J. Frick & R. D. Hare, in press) and presented with two tasks. The tasks were the gambling task (A. Bechara, A. R. Damasio, H. Damasio, & S. W. Anderson, 1994) and the Intradimensional/ Extradimensional (ID/ED) shift task (R. Dias, T. W. Robbins, & A. C. Roberts, 1996). The boys with psychopathic tendencies showed impaired performance on the gambling task. However, there were no group differences on the ID/ED task either for response reversal or extradimensional set shifting. The implications of these results for models of psychopathy are discussed.
KW - Amygdala
KW - Orbitofrontal cortex
KW - Psychopathic tendencies
KW - Psychopathy
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U2 - 10.1023/A:1012277125119
DO - 10.1023/A:1012277125119
M3 - Article
C2 - 11761284
AN - SCOPUS:0035653814
SN - 0091-0627
VL - 29
SP - 499
EP - 511
JO - Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology
JF - Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology
IS - 6
ER -