Author Interviews, JAMA, Medical Imaging, Mental Health Research, MRI / 26.04.2013
Brain Response to Empathy-Eliciting Scenarios Involving Pain in Incarcerated Individuals With Psychopathy
Medical Research.com eInterview with: 
Prof. Jean Decety PhD
Irving B. Harris Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry
The University of Chicago
5848 S. University Ave.
Chicago, IL 60637 - USA
Faculty Web page: http://psychology.uchicago.edu/people/faculty/jdecety.shtml
SCNL Web page: www.scnl.org
Child NeuroSuite: www.childneurosuite.org
MedicalResearch.com: What are the main findings of the study?
Dr. Decety: In our study, psychopaths exhibited significantly less activation in the ventromedial prefrontal cortex, lateral orbitofrontal cortex, and brainstem relative to controls, but surprisingly showed greater activation in the insula. The major difference in brain response between psychopaths compared to controls during the perception of others in pain was the lack of engagement of regions in the brainstem, orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) and ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC).
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Prof. Jean Decety PhD
Irving B. Harris Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry
The University of Chicago
5848 S. University Ave.
Chicago, IL 60637 - USA
Faculty Web page: http://psychology.uchicago.edu/people/faculty/jdecety.shtml
SCNL Web page: www.scnl.org
Child NeuroSuite: www.childneurosuite.org
MedicalResearch.com: What are the main findings of the study?
Dr. Decety: In our study, psychopaths exhibited significantly less activation in the ventromedial prefrontal cortex, lateral orbitofrontal cortex, and brainstem relative to controls, but surprisingly showed greater activation in the insula. The major difference in brain response between psychopaths compared to controls during the perception of others in pain was the lack of engagement of regions in the brainstem, orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) and ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC).
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