ArticlePloS one2021
Balancing the brain of offenders with psychopathy? Resting state EEG and electrodermal activity after a pilot study of brain self-regulation training.
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- Using physiological biomarkers in forensic psychiatry: a scoping review.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Pooled it
- How standardized are "standard protocols"? Variations in protocol and performance evaluation for slow cortical potential neurofeedback: A systematic review.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2022Pooled it
- Autonomic Nervous System and Possible Determinants of Social Behavior: A Systematic Review of its Relationship Among Psychopathy, Compassion, and Theory of Mind.Clinical neuropsychiatry · 2025Review
- Multi-level treatment outcome evaluation in adolescents with autism spectrum disorder.Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health · 2025Article
- Neurofeedback technique for treating male schizophrenia patients with impulsive behavior: a randomized controlled study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
- Virtual Reality-Guided Meditation for Chronic Pain in Patients With Cancer: Exploratory Analysis of Electroencephalograph Activity.JMIR biomedical engineering · 2021Article
- The effect of HD-tDCS on brain oscillations and frontal synchronicity during resting-state EEG in violent offenders with a substance dependence.International journal of clinical and health psychology : IJCHPArticle
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Abstract
Although investigation of the brains of criminals began quite early in the history of psychophysiological research, little is known about brain plasticity of offenders with psychopathy. Building on our preliminary study reporting successful brain self-regulation using slow cortical potential (SCP) neurofeedback in offenders with psychopathy, we investigated the central nervous and autonomic peripheral changes occurring after brain self-regulation in a group of severe male offenders with psychopathy. Regarding the central nervous system, an overall suppression of the psychopathic overrepresentation of slow frequency bands was found, such as delta and theta band activity, after EEG neurofeedback. In addition, an increase in alpha band activity could be observed after the SCP self-regulation training. Electrodermal activity adaptively changed according to the regulation task, and this flexibility improved over training time. The results of this study point towards a constructive learning process and plasticity in neural and peripheral measures of offenders with psychopathy.
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