Tuomo Noppari, Lihua Sun, Lasse Lukkarinen, Vesa Putkinen, Pekka Tani, Nina Lindberg, Emma Saure, Hannu Lauerma, Jari Tiihonen, Niina Venetjoki, Marja Salomaa, Päivi Rautio, Jussi Hirvonen, Juha Salmi, Lauri Nummenmaa
The goal of this study was to elucidate the anatomical brain basis of social cognition through two disorders with distinctively different phenotypes of social interaction. We compared structural MR images of 20 individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), 19 violent offenders with high psychopathic traits, and 19 control participants using voxel-based morphometry (VBM). Our earlier study showed lower grey matter volume (GMV) values in the insula, frontal cortex, and sensorimotor cortex of the offender group compared to controls...
2022: NeuroImage: Clinical