The associations between physiological measures (ie, heart rate and skin conductance) of
autonomic nervous system (ANS) activity and severe antisocial spectrum behavior (AB) …

Prior meta-analyses have concluded that low resting heart rate is associated with higher
levels of antisocial behavior. These reviews, however, have had important limitations that …

Borderline personality disorder is a serious psychiatric disorder for which the effectiveness
of the current pharmacotherapeutical and psychotherapeutic approaches has shown to be …

Interpersonal dysfunction is a key feature of borderline personality disorder (BPD). Distorted
perception of participation in social situations and altered emotional responses could …

According to Dutch Law, patients committing severe crimes justifying imprisonment of four
years or more who cannot be held (fully) accountable for these acts can be sentenced to …

Deficient emotional experience is recognized as one of the central features of psychopathy
and an impressive body of empirical findings regarding emotion processing in psychopathy …

Shame has been described as a central emotion in narcissistic personality disorder (NPD).
However, there is a dearth of empirical data on shame in NPD. Patients with NPD (N= 28) …

The aim of this study was to identify implicit cognitive predictors of aggressive behavior.
Specifically, the predictive value of an attentional bias for aggressive stimuli and automatic …

Emotion processing is known to be impaired in psychopathy, but less is known about the
cognitive mechanisms that drive this. Our study examined experiencing and suppression of …

Although a consensus exists among mental health professionals that certain personality
disorders are associated with an increased propensity for violence, uncertainties regarding …