In:
PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science (PLoS), Vol. 16, No. 1 ( 2021-1-7), p. e0242830-
Kurzfassung:
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.
Materialart:
Online-Ressource
ISSN:
1932-6203
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pone.0242830
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pone.0242830.g001
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pone.0242830.g002
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pone.0242830.g003
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pone.0242830.g004
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pone.0242830.g005
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pone.0242830.g006
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pone.0242830.g007
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pone.0242830.t001
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pone.0242830.s001
Sprache:
Englisch
Verlag:
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Publikationsdatum:
2021
ZDB Id:
2267670-3
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