Psychopathic Personality Traits and Iowa Gambling Task Performance in Incarcerated Offenders
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Psychopathic Personality Traits and Iowa Gambling Task Performance in Incarcerated Offenders Melissa A. Hughes, Mairead C. Dolan, Jennifer S. Trueblood & Julie C. Stout a School of Psychology and Psychiatry, Monash University, Clayton, Australia b Centre for Forensic Behavioural Science, Monash University, Clifton Hill, Australia c Department of Cognitive Sciences, University of California, Irvine, USA Published online: 26 Jun 2014.
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