Altered Neural and Behavioral Response to Sexually Implicit Stimuli During a Pictorial-Modified Stroop Task in Pedophilic Disorder

Background: Pedophilic disorder (PD) entails sexual attraction to prepubertal children. A risk factor for committing child sexual abuse in PD is impaired cognitive control. However, the underlying neurocognitive mechanisms remain unclear. Methods: We performed a case-control study including 51 self-...

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Main Authors: Christian Mannfolk, Benny Liberg, Christoph Abé, Christoffer Rahm
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-04-01
Series:Biological Psychiatry Global Open Science
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667174322000192