Reduced Eye Gaze Explains "Fear Blindness" in Childhood Psychopathic Traits

A study to test whether psychopathic traits are associated with reduced attention to the eye region of other people's faces is conducted. It is seen that attention to other people's eyes is reduced in young people with high psychopathic traits, which accounts for their problems with fear r...

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Published inJournal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Vol. 47; no. 4; pp. 455 - 463
Main Authors Dadds, Mark R, El Masry, Yasmeen, Wimalaweera, Subodha, Guastella, Adam J
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 01.04.2008
Subjects
Adolescent
Antisocial Personality Disorder - diagnosis
Antisocial Personality Disorder - psychology
Attention
Child
Children
Correlation
Emotional Response
Emotions
Eye Movements
Facial Expression
Fear
Fixation, Ocular
Human Body
Humans
Male
New South Wales
Pattern Recognition, Visual
Personality Assessment
Psychological Patterns
Psychopathology
New South Wales
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Summary:A study to test whether psychopathic traits are associated with reduced attention to the eye region of other people's faces is conducted. It is seen that attention to other people's eyes is reduced in young people with high psychopathic traits, which accounts for their problems with fear recognition.
ISSN:0890-8567
1527-5418
DOI:10.1097/CHI.0b013e31816407f1