Psychopathy and Facial Expressions of Emotions: Processing, Recognizing and Mimicking
Author: Linda Jütten Supervisor: Anton van Boxtel Bachelor thesis in cognitive neuroscience Department Medical Psychology and Neuropsychology, Section Cognitive Neuroscience, Tilburg University May 2012 Abstract Psychopathy is a personality disorder characterized by several persistent symptoms including problems in interpersonal relations, empathy and emotional functioning. The purpose of this review is examining whether psychopaths emotionally react to and process facial expressions of emotions in the same way as other people and which brain circuits are predominantly involved. The main question…