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The structural brain correlates of callous-unemotional traits in incarcerated male adolescents.
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- Aberrant Resting-State Functional Connectivity Associated With Callous-Unemotional Traits From Late Childhood Through Late Adolescence.Biological psychiatry global open science · 2026Article
- Neuroanatomical Subtypes of Callous-Unemotional Traits in a Community Sample of Youth.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- Source-based morphometry analyses yield associations between large-scale structural brain networks and psychopathic traits in incarcerated adolescents.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- White matter microstructure of the cingulum bundle and the uncinate fasciculus in primary and secondary callous-unemotional traits.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2025Article
- Alterations in Region-Specific Gray Matter Volume Underlying Callous Unemotional Traits in Adolescents.Brain and behavior · 2025Article
- Investigating cross-sectional and longitudinal relationships between brain structure and distinct dimensions of externalizing psychopathology in the ABCD sample.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2025Article
- Morality in middle childhood: the role of callous-unemotional traits and emotion regulation skills.BMC psychology · 2023Article
- A multidimensional examination of psychopathy traits and gray matter volume in adults.Social cognitive and affective neuroscience · 2022Article
- Capitalizing on Neuroplasticity Across Development to Redirect Pathways from Juvenile Justice Involvement.Current topics in behavioral neurosciences · 2022Review
- Resting-state network topology characterizing callous-unemotional traits in adolescence.NeuroImage. Clinical · 2021Article
- Gray matter asymmetry in the orbitofrontal cortex in relation to psychopathic traits in adolescents.Journal of psychiatric research · 2021Article
- Hippocampal subfield and amygdala nuclei volumes in schizophrenia patients with a history of violence.European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience · 2020Article
- Youth with elevated psychopathic traits exhibit structural integrity deficits in the uncinate fasciculus.NeuroImage. Clinical · 2020Article
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Abstract
Youth with severe conduct problems impose a significant cost on society by engaging in high levels of antisocial and aggressive behavior. Within this group, adolescents with high levels of callous- unemotional traits have been found to exhibit more severe and persistent patterns of antisocial behavior than youth with severe conduct problems but normative levels of callous-unemotional traits. Existing neuroimaging studies, along with theoretical accounts of psychopathology, suggest that dysfunction within the paralimbic cortex and limbic system may underlie elevated levels of callous-unemotional traits. The present study examines this hypothesis by investigating gray matter correlates associated with callous-unemotional traits. A sample of incarcerated male adolescents (N = 269), were assessed using voxel-based morphometry. Callous-unemotional traits were assessed using the Inventory of Callous-Unemotional traits (Frick 2004). Total callous-unemotional traits were negatively correlated with anterior temporal lobe gray matter volume (GMV). Callous traits in particular exhibited a reliable negative correlation with gray matter volume in nearly every paralimbic brain region examined. Uncaring traits were positively correlated with GMV in the orbitofrontal and anterior cingulate cortices. These findings demonstrate specific neural features within the paralimbic cortex and limbic system that accompany elevated callous-unemotional traits and serves to expand our understanding of pathophysiological mechanisms that may give rise to severe conduct problems in youth.
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