Hart S D, Forth A E, Hare R D
Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
J Abnorm Psychol. 1990 Nov;99(4):374-9. doi: 10.1037//0021-843x.99.4.374.
Screening batteries of standard neuropsychological tests were administered to 2 different samples (Ns = 90 and 167) of male prison inmates. Scores on the revised Psychopathy Checklist were used to divide inmates in each sample into high, moderate, and low psychopathy groups. There were no group differences in test performance in either of the samples, even when the effects of self-reported psychopathology and substance abuse were taken into account. The overall prevalence of both test-specific and global neuropsychological impairment was low and did not vary significantly across the 3 groups. The results provide no support for traditional brain-damage explanations of psychopathy.
对两组不同样本（分别为90名和167名）的男性监狱囚犯进行了标准神经心理学测试组合的筛查。使用修订版的《精神病态检查表》得分将每个样本中的囚犯分为高、中、低精神病态组。在任何一个样本中，即使考虑到自我报告的精神病理学和药物滥用的影响，测试表现上也没有组间差异。特定测试和整体神经心理学损伤的总体患病率都很低，且在三组中没有显著差异。这些结果不支持对精神病态的传统脑损伤解释。
