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BRITISH JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY
Volume 189, Issue -, Pages 280-281Publisher
CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.105.018150
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The ability to recognise fear is impaired in people with damage to the amygdala and, interestingly, in adult psychopathy Here we confirm that deficits in recognising fear exist in children with psychopathic traits. We show for the first time that, as with patients with amygdala damage, this deficit can be temporarily corrected by simply asking them to focus on the eyes of other people. These data support models of psychopathy that emphasise specific dysfunction of the amygdala and suggest an innovative approach for intervening early in the development of psychopathy.
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