Neuronal correlates of personal space intrusion in violent offenders

• Published in: Brain imaging and behavior Vol. 11; no. 2; pp. 454 - 460
• Main Authors: Schienle, Anne, Wabnegger, Albert, Leitner, Mario, Leutgeb, Verena
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.04.2017; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adult; Aggression - physiology; Antisocial personality disorder; Behavior; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Biomedicine; Cerebral Cortex - physiology; Criminals; Facial Expression; Hostility; Humans; Male; Medical imaging; Nerve Net - physiology; Neuroimaging; Neuropsychology; Neuroradiology; Neurosciences; Original Research; Personal Space; Prisoners; Psychiatry; Social Perception; Space Perception - physiology; Violence; Visual Perception - physiology; Austria; Violent offenders; fMRI; Insula; Personal space intrusion

Personal space (PS) is defined as the imagery region immediately surrounding our body, which acts as safety zone. It has been suggested that PS is enlarged in violent offenders and that this group shows an enhanced sensitivity to the reduction of interpersonal distance. In the present fMRI study hig...