Dadds Mark R, Perry Yael, Hawes David J, Merz Sabine, Riddell Alison C, Haines Damien J, Solak Emel, Abeygunawardane Amali I
School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia.
Br J Psychiatry. 2006 Sep;189:280-1. doi: 10.1192/bjp.bp.105.018150.
The ability to recognise fear is impaired in people with damage to the amygdala and, interestingly, in adult psychopathy. Here we confirm that deficits in recognising fear exist in children with psychopathic traits. We show for the first time that, as with patients with amygdala damage, this deficit can be temporarily corrected by simply asking them to focus on the eyes of other people. These data support models of psychopathy that emphasise specific dysfunction of the amygdala and suggest an innovative approach for intervening early in the development of psychopathy.
杏仁核受损的人以及有趣的是成年精神病患者识别恐惧的能力会受损。在这里，我们证实有精神病态特征的儿童存在识别恐惧的缺陷。我们首次表明，与杏仁核受损的患者一样，通过简单地要求他们专注于他人的眼睛，这种缺陷可以得到暂时纠正。这些数据支持强调杏仁核特定功能障碍的精神病态模型，并为精神病态发展早期的干预提出了一种创新方法。
