Aggressive and psychopathic traits are linked to the acquisition of stable but imprecise hostile expectations

Abstract Individuals with hostile expectations (HEX) anticipate harm from seemingly neutral or ambiguous stimuli. However, it is unclear how HEX are acquired, and whether specific components of HEX learning can predict antisocial thought, conduct, and personality. In an online sample of healthy youn...

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Main Authors: Macià Buades-Rotger, Danique Smeijers, David Gallardo-Pujol, Ulrike M. Krämer, Inti A. Brazil
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2023-06-01
Series:Translational Psychiatry
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41398-023-02497-0