SynthesisPsychiatry research. Neuroimaging2017
Structural brain correlates of interpersonal violence: Systematic review and voxel-based meta-analysis of neuroimaging studies.
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- Is the Psychopathic Brain an Artifact of Coding Bias? A Systematic Review.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Pooled it
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- Executive dysfunction and cortical variations among intimate partner violence perpetrators and the association with sexism.Social cognitive and affective neuroscience · 2024Article
- Structural brain abnormalities and aggressive behaviour in schizophrenia: Mega-analysis of data from 2095 patients and 2861 healthy controls via the ENIGMA consortium.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2024Article
- Brain Anatomy in Boys with Conduct Disorder: Differences Among Aggression Subtypes.Child psychiatry and human development · 2024Article
- The role of intimate partner violence perpetrators' resting state functional connectivity in treatment compliance and recidivism.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- A multidimensional examination of psychopathy traits and gray matter volume in adults.Social cognitive and affective neuroscience · 2022Article
- Changes of Brain Structures and Psychological Characteristics in Predatory, Affective Violent and Nonviolent Offenders.Tomography (Ann Arbor, Mich.) · 2022Article
- A multilevel examination of lifetime aggression: integrating cortical thickness, personality pathology and trauma exposure.Social cognitive and affective neuroscience · 2021Article
- Morphology of the criminal brain: gray matter reductions are linked to antisocial behavior in offenders.Brain structure & function · 2020Article
- Moral cognition, the missing link between psychotic symptoms and acts of violence: a cross-sectional national forensic cohort study.BMC psychiatry · 2019Article
- Are There Early Risk Markers for Pedophilia? A Nationwide Case-Control Study of Child Sexual Exploitation Material Offenders.Journal of sex research · 2019Article
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Abstract
Owing to inconsistent nomenclature and results, we have undertaken a label-based review and anatomical likelihood estimation (ALE) meta-analysis of studies measuring the quantitative association between regional grey matter (GM) volume and interpersonal violence. Following PRISMA guidelines, we identified studies by searching 3 online databases (Embase, Medline, PsycInfo) and reference lists. Thirty-five studies were included in the label-based review, providing information for 1288 participants and 86 brain regions. Per region, 0-57% of the results indicated significant reductions in GM volume, while 0-23% indicated significant increases. The only region for which more than half of all results indicated significant reductions was the parietal lobe. However, these results were dispersed across subregions. The ALE meta-analysis, which included 6 whole-brain voxel-based morphometry studies totaling 278 participants and reporting 144 foci, showed no significant clusters of reduced GM volume. No material differences were observed when excluding experiments using reactive violence as outcome or subjects diagnosed with psychopathy. Possible explanations for these findings are phenomenological and etiological heterogeneity, and insufficient power in the label-based review and ALE meta-analysis to detect small effects. We recommend that future studies distinguish between subtypes of interpersonal violence, and investigate mediation by underlying emotional and cognitive processes.
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