TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2017//
TI  - Boldness psychopathic traits predict reduced gaze toward fearful eyes in men with a history of violence
JO  - Biological psychology
A1  - Gillespie, Steven M.
A1  - Rotshtein, Pia
A1  - Beech, Anthony R.
A1  - Mitchell, Ian J.
SP  - 29
EP  - 38
VL  - 128
IS  - 
N2  - Research with developmental and adult samples has shown a relationship of psychopathic traits with reduced eye gaze. However, these relationships remained to be investigated among forensic samples. Here we examined the eye movements of male violent offenders during an emotion recognition task. Violent offenders performed similar to non-offending controls, and their eye movements varied with the emotion and intensity of the facial expression. In the violent offender group Boldness psychopathic traits, but not Meanness or Disinhibition, were associated with reduced dwell time and fixation counts, and slower first fixation latencies, on the eyes compared with the mouth. These results are the first to show a relationship of psychopathic traits with reduced attention to the eyes in a forensic sample, and suggest that Boldness is associated with difficulties in orienting attention toward emotionally salient aspects of the face.<br><br>Copyright © 2017 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0301-0511
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsycho.2017.07.003
ID  - ref1
ER  -