Decision-making and the neural basis of psychopath

• Project/Area Number: 20890295
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (Start-up)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Psychiatric science
• Research Institution: National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry
• Principal Investigator: FUKUI Hiroki National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, 精神保健研究所司法精神医学研究部, 室長 (40455415)
• Project Period (FY): 2008 – 2009
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2009)
• Budget Amount: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000); Fiscal Year 2009: ¥442,000 (Direct Cost: ¥340,000、Indirect Cost: ¥102,000); Fiscal Year 2008: ¥1,248,000 (Direct Cost: ¥960,000、Indirect Cost: ¥288,000)
• Keywords: サイコパス / 意志決定能力 / 脳機能 / MRI / 前頭前皮質 / 扁桃体 / 神経心理 / 共感性 / 神経心理検査 / 質問紙

Research Abstract

We obtained diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) data of patients with psychopath and control subjects. Tract-based spatial statics (TBSS) revealed franctional anisotrophy(FA)reduction in orbitofrontal regions in the patients of psychopathy.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Delay and Probability Discounting in Psychopathic Traits (2010)
  • Author(s): Fukui H, Nishinaka H, Makino T, Takahashi T
  • Journal Title: Psychiatry research (In press)
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Employing delay and probability discounting frameworks for a neuroeconomic understanding of gambling behavior (2010)
  • Author(s): Takahashi, T, Makino, T, Ohmura, Y, Fukui, H
  • Journal Title: International Journal of Psychology Research (In press)
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Cultural neuroeconomics of intertemporal choice. (2009)
  • Author(s): Takahashi T, Hadzibeganovic T, Sergio S.A., Makino T, Fukui H, Kitayama S
  • Journal Title: NeuroEndocrinology Letters (13) Pages: 185-191
  • NAID: 130004959898
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Cultural neuroeconomics of intertemporal choice (2009)
  • Author(s): Takahashi T, Hadzibeganovic T, Sergio S.A., Makino T, Fukui H, Kitayama S
  • Journal Title: Neuro Endocrinology Letters 13 Pages: 185-191
  • NAID: 130004959898
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Employing delay and probability discounting frameworks for a neuroeconomic understanding of gambling behavior (2009)
  • Author(s): Takahashi T, Makino T, Ohmura Y, Fukui H
  • Journal Title: International Journal of Psychology Research (In press)
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] サイコパスの脳病態と治療:神経心理学的研究を中心に (2008)
  • Author(s): 川田良作, 福井裕輝, 吉川和男
  • Journal Title: 精神保健研究 21号 Pages: 46-52
• [Journal Article] Delay and Probability Discounting in Psychopathic Traits.
  • Author(s): Fukui H, Nishinaka H, Makino T, Takahashi T
  • Journal Title: Psychiatry research (in press)
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Employing delay and probability discounting frameworks for a neuroeconomic understanding of gambling behavior.
  • Author(s): Takahashi, T, Makino, T, Ohmura, Y, Fukui, H
  • Journal Title: International Journal of Psychology Research (in press)
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] 社会神経科学とは?:研究の現状と課題 (2009)
  • Author(s): 福井裕輝
  • Organizer: 名古屋大学社会心理セミナー
  • Place of Presentation: 名古屋大学社会学部、名古屋
  • Year and Date: 2009-12-19
• [Presentation] Psychopathy and decision-making in behavioral and neural economics. (2009)
  • Author(s): Fukui H, Takahashi T, Makino T, Nishinaka H
  • Organizer: European Brain and Behaviour Society Meeting
  • Place of Presentation: Rhodos, Greece
  • Year and Date: 2009-09-16
• [Presentation] Psychopathy and decision-making in behavioral and neural economics (2009)
  • Author(s): Fukui H, Takahashi T, Makino T, Nishinaka H
  • Organizer: European Brain and Behaviour Society Meeting
  • Place of Presentation: Rhodos, Greece
  • Year and Date: 2009-09-16
• [Presentation] 犯罪する脳の研究の現状と課題 (2009)
  • Author(s): 福井裕輝
  • Organizer: 比較対照群反社会性パーソナリティ障害群東京大学学術統合化プロジェクトヒトセミナー
  • Place of Presentation: 柏の葉キャンパス、千葉
  • Year and Date: 2009-08-13
• [Presentation] 犯罪する脳の研究の現状と課題 (2009)
  • Author(s): 福井裕輝
  • Organizer: 東京大学学術統合化プロジェクトヒトセミナー
  • Place of Presentation: 柏の葉キャンパス、千葉
  • Year and Date: 2009-08-13
• [Presentation] Probabilistic discounting for modeling behaviors in Iowa gambling task. (2009)
  • Author(s): Makino T, Takahashi T, Nishinaka H, Fukui H
  • Organizer: Multi-disciplinary Symposium on Reinforcement Learning
  • Place of Presentation: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  • Year and Date: 2009-06-18
• [Presentation] Probabilistic discounting for modeling behaviors in Iowa gambling task. Multi-disciplinary Symposium on Reinforcement Learning (2009)
  • Author(s): Makino T, Takahashi T, Nishinaka H, Fukui H
  • Organizer: Multi-disciplinary Symposium on Reinforcement Learning
  • Place of Presentation: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  • Year and Date: 2009-06-18
• [Presentation] Psychopathic traits and empathy : A voxel-based morphometric study (2009)
  • Author(s): Fukui H, Nishinaka H, Yoshikawa K.
  • Organizer: The Twenty-seventh European Workshop on Cognitive Neuropsychology
  • Place of Presentation: Bressanone, Italy
  • Year and Date: 2009-01-28
• [Presentation] Psychopathic traits and empathy: A voxel-based morphometric study. (2009)
  • Author(s): Fukui H, Nishinaka H, Yoshikawa K
  • Organizer: European Brain and Behaviour Society Meeting
  • Place of Presentation: Hotel Gasser, Bressanone, Italy
  • Year and Date: 2009-01-24
• [Presentation] Psychopathic traits and empathy : A voxel-based morphometric study (2009)
  • Author(s): Fukui H, Nishinaka H, Yoshikawa K
  • Organizer: European Brain and Behaviour Society Meeting
  • Place of Presentation: Hotel Gasser, Bressanone, Italy
  • Year and Date: 2009-01-24
• [Presentation] 前頭葉障害と人格・行動の変化 (2008)
  • Author(s): 福井裕輝
  • Organizer: 第18回神経科学の基礎と臨床
  • Place of Presentation: 千里ライフサイエンスセンター、大阪
  • Year and Date: 2008-12-13
• [Presentation] Neural circuit for paradoxical human behaviors (2008)
  • Author(s): Fukui H
  • Organizer: 7th International workshop on social neurosciences
  • Place of Presentation: Hokkaido University, Hokkaido, Japan
  • Year and Date: 2008-09-20
• [Book] 子どもの攻撃性とパーソナリティ障害 (2009)
  • Author(s): 福井裕輝, 西中宏吏
  • Publisher: 中山書店
• [Book] 子どもの攻撃性とパーソナリティ障害 (2009)
  • Author(s): 福井裕輝、西中宏吏
  • Total Pages: 262
  • Publisher: 中山書店
• [Book] 子どもの攻撃性とパーソナリティ障害:サイコパスの観点から子どもの心の診療シリーズ (2009)
  • Author(s): 福井裕輝, 西中宏吏
  • Total Pages: 40
  • Publisher: 中山書店