Monitoring the emotional facial reactions of individuals with antisocial personality disorder during the retrieval of self-defining memories.

ABSTRACT: While a deficit in the recognition of facial expression has been demonstrated in persons with antisocial personality disorder (ASPD), few studies have investigated how individuals with ASPD produce their own emotional facial expressions. This study examines the production of facial emotional expressions of male inpatients with ASPD in a forensic hospital compared with a control group as they retrieve autobiographical memories. This design constitutes a specific ecological experimental approach fostering the evocation of personal feelings. Two indicators characterizing the activation of facial expression were used: activation of emotional action units and emotional dominance. The results showed that individuals with ASPD 1) activated angrier facial expressions than control participants for

SUBMITTER: Lavallee A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9176833 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature