@article{ref1,
title="Resting EEG deficits in accused murderers with schizophrenia",
journal="Psychiatry research",
year="2011",
author="Schug, Robert A. and Yang, Yaling and Raine, Adrian and Han, Chenbo and Liu, Jianghong and Li, Liejia",
volume="194",
number="1",
pages="85-94",
abstract="Empirical evidence continues to suggest a biologically distinct violent subtype of schizophrenia. The present study examined whether murderers with schizophrenia would demonstrate resting EEG deficits distinguishing them from both non-violent schizophrenia patients and murderers without schizophrenia. Resting EEG data were collected from five diagnostic groups (normal controls, non-murderers with schizophrenia, murderers with schizophrenia, murderers without schizophrenia, and murderers with psychiatric conditions other than schizophrenia) at a brain hospital in Nanjing, China. Murderers with schizophrenia were characterized by increased left-hemispheric fast-wave EEG activity relative to non-violent schizophrenia patients, while non-violent schizophrenia patients instead demonstrated increased diffuse slow-wave activity compared to all other groups. Results are discussed within the framework of a proposed left-hemispheric over-processing hypothesis specific to violent individuals with schizophrenia, involving left hemispheric hyperarousal deficits, which may lead to a homicidally violent schizophrenia outcome.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0165-1781",
doi="10.1016/j.pscychresns.2010.12.017",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pscychresns.2010.12.017"
}