Patrick C J, Cuthbert B N, Lang P J
Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, University of Florida, Gainesville 32610-0165.
J Abnorm Psychol. 1994 Aug;103(3):523-34. doi: 10.1037//0021-843x.103.3.523.
We tested the hypothesis that the response mobilization that normally accompanies imagery of emotional situations is deficient in psychopaths. Cardiac, electrodermal, and facial muscle responses of 54 prisoners, assigned to low- and high-psychopathy groups using R. D. Hare's (1991) Psychopathy Checklist--Revised, were recorded while subjects imagined fearful and neutral scenes in a cued sentence-processing task. Groups did not differ on self-ratings of fearfulness, imagery ability, or imagery experience. Low-psychopathy subjects showed larger physiological reactions during fearful imagery than high-psychopathy subjects. Extreme scores on the antisocial behavior factor of psychopathy predicted imagery response deficits. Results are consistent with the idea that semantic and emotional processes are dissociated in psychopaths.
在精神病态者中，通常伴随情绪情境想象的反应动员存在缺陷。我们使用R.D. 黑尔（1991）的《精神病态 checklist——修订版》将54名囚犯分为低精神病态组和高精神病态组，并记录了他们在一个提示性句子处理任务中想象恐惧和中性场景时的心脏、皮肤电和面部肌肉反应。两组在恐惧程度、想象能力或想象体验的自我评分上没有差异。低精神病态组的受试者在恐惧想象期间比高精神病态组的受试者表现出更大的生理反应。精神病态反社会行为因素的极端分数预示着想象反应缺陷。结果与精神病态者的语义和情感过程相互分离的观点一致。
