Table 1.
Characteristics of study groups.
Table 2.
Emotional face task performance.
Mean number of steps needed to recognize each particular emotion ±SD.
Fig 1.
The specific contribution of regional GM volumes in the dorsomedial prefrontal cortex (MNI coordinates, x = 17, y = 43, z = 33) to improved sadness recognition in psychopaths was explained by a negative association in this group (red) but a positive association in controls subjects (green).
The plot displays residual values once covariates were controlled for. The sagittal display corresponds to the right hemisphere.
Table 3.
Brain volumetric correlates of between-group differences in facial emotion recognition of sad, happy and fear expressions.
Fig 2.
(A) The specific contribution of regional GM volumes in the anterior insula, middle anterior cingulate cortex, orbitofrontal cortex and inferior frontal cortex (Table 3) to improved happiness recognition in psychopaths was explained by a negative association in this group (red) but a positive association in controls subjects (green). (B) Conversely, the specific contribution of regional GM volumes in the amygdalae (Table 3) to improved happiness recognition in control subjects was explained by a negative association in this group (green) but a positive association in psychopaths (red). The plot displays residual values once covariates were controlled for. Images are displayed in neurological convention, therefore the right hemisphere corresponds to the right side in axial and coronal displays. The sagittal display corresponds to the right hemisphere.
Fig 3.
(A) The specific contribution of regional GM volumes in the somatosensory cortex (MNI coordinates, x = -26, y = -29, z = 63) to improved fear recognition in psychopaths was explained by a negative association in this group (red) but a positive association in the control subjects (green). (B) Conversely, the specific contribution of regional GM volumes in the temporal cortex (MNI coordinates, x = -48, y = -42, z = 12) to improved fear recognition in controls subjects was explained by a negative association in this group (green) but a positive association in psychopaths (red). Plots display residual values once covariates were controlled for. The sagittal displays correspond to the left hemisphere.