The Relationship between Right Hemi-Space Visuospatial Attention Disturbance and Anger in Antisocial Individuals


BASKAK B., ÖZGÜVEN H., ÖZEL KIZIL E. T., Erkan D., Koc E., Gedik G.

TURK PSIKIYATRI DERGISI, vol.23, no.3, pp.171-177, 2012 (SSCI, Scopus, TRDizin)

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 23 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 2012
  • Doi Number: 10.5080/u6833
  • Journal Name: TURK PSIKIYATRI DERGISI
  • Journal Indexes: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.171-177
  • Keywords: Antisocial personality disorder, attention, anger, cerebral asymmetry, DIVIDED VISUAL-ATTENTION, NONPSYCHOPATHIC OFFENDERS, SELECTIVE ATTENTION, PSYCHOPATHY, ABNORMALITIES, PERFORMANCE, AGGRESSION, HANDEDNESS, ASYMMETRY, BEHAVIOR
  • Ankara University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Objective: Evidence suggests that individuals with antisocial personality disorder (APD) exhibit a less asymmetric pattern than healthy controls during auditory and visuospatial attention tasks characterized by a right hemispheric advantage; however, the association between attention asymmetry and symptomatology is not clear. The present study aimed to examine the relationship between visuospatial attention in the right and left hemi-spaces, and various dimensions of anger in individuals with APD.