Psychopathy is associated with an exaggerated attention bottleneck: EEG and behavioral evidence from a dual-task paradigm.
Psychopathy is a personality disorder associated with a chronic disregard for the welfare of others. The attention bottleneck model of psychopathy asserts that the behavior of individuals higher on psychopathy is due to an exaggerated attention bottleneck that constrains all information processing,...
| Published in: | Cognitive, Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience Vol. 21; no. 4; pp. 881 - 894 |
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Springer Nature
Aug2021
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