Features of the dynamics of evoked cerebral electrical activity in psychopathic personalities when the meaning of a stimulus is changed
Filimonova, T.D.
Zhurnal Nevropatologii i Psikhiatrii Imeni S.S. Korsakova 78(2): 222-227
1978
ISSN/ISBN: 0044-4588 PMID: 636716 Document Number: 136729
A correlation of parameteres of evoked activity in psychopathic personalities of an explosive type and in control groups, detected certain differences in the dynamics of separate parameters of evoked potentials in a changed informativeness of the stimula. The physiological interpretation of these data indicates that in psychopathic personalities on the background of increased orientating reactions with prevalence of a general alert condition there is a decreased evaluations of the signal according to its significance. An evaluation of their actions and consideration of the past experience in such patients is also decreased. These disorders are more distinctly expressed in a complicated situation.