Aberrant paralimbic gray matter in incarcerated male adolescents with psychopathic traits.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate the relationship between brain structure and psychopathic traits in maximum-security incarcerated male adolescents, and to examine whether the associations between brain volumes in paralimbic and limbic regions and psychopathic traits observed in incarcerated adult men extend to an independent sample of incarcerated male adolescents.

Method

A structural magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) study of regional gray matter volumes by using voxel-based morphometry in maximum-security incarcerated male adolescents (N = 218) assessed for psychopathic traits using the Hare Psychopathy Checklist-Youth Version (PCL-YV). All analyses controlled for effects of age, substance use, and brain size.

Results

Consistent with hypotheses and the adult literature, psy

SUBMITTER: Ermer E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3549663 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature