Love, eye contact and the developmental origins of empathy <i>v.</i> psychopathy

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Authors

Mark R. Dadds · King's College London

Jennifer L. Allen · American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Bonamy R. Oliver · King's College London

Nathan Faulkner · King's College London

Katherine Legge · King's College London

Caroline Moul · King's College London

Matt Woolgar

Abstract

Impairments in eye contact are characteristic of children with callous-unemotional traits, and these impairments are independent of maternal behaviour.

Topics & Keywords

Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending Child Abuse and Trauma Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: The British Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 200, Issue 3, pp. 191-196

DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.110.085720

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