APS
31st APS Annual Convention · 2019
Disrupted Multi-Voxel Representations of Vicarious Pain in Psychopathy
- Kathryn Adams
Georgetown University - Katherine O’Connell
Georgetown University - Shawn Rhoads
Georgetown University - Kristin Brethel-Haurwitz
University of Pennsylvania - Elise Cardinale
National Institute of Mental Health - Emily Robertson
Louisiana State University - Kruti Vekaria
Georgetown University - John VanMeter
Georgetown University - Abigail Marsh
Georgetown University
Abstract
We investigated the relationship between psychopathy and empathic pain. During fMRI, participants experienced, and watched a stranger experience, painful pressure. A linear regression controlling for IQ, age, PSI, and gender found response similarity in left anterior insula predicted psychopathy scores. Findings suggest disrupted representations of other’s pain in psychopathy.
Cognitive Neuroscience
