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. 2022:36:103238.
doi: 10.1016/j.nicl.2022.103238. Epub 2022 Oct 18.

Hemodynamic activity in the limbic system predicts reoffending in women

Corey H Allen  1 , Eyal Aharoni  2 , Aparna R Gullapalli  1 , Bethany G Edwards  3 , Carla L Harenski  1 , Keith A Harenski  1 , Kent A Kiehl  4
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Hemodynamic activity in the limbic system predicts reoffending in women

Corey H Allen et al. Neuroimage Clin. 2022.

Abstract

Previous research (Aharoni et al., 2013, 2014) found that hemodynamic activity in the dorsal anterior cingulate cortex (dACC) during error monitoring predicted non-violent felony rearrest in men released from prison. This article reports an extension of the Aharoni et al. (2013, 2014) model in a sample of women released from state prison (n = 248). Replicating aspects of prior work, error monitoring activity in the dACC, as well as psychopathy scores and age at release, predicted non-violent felony rearrest in women. Sex differences in the directionality of dACC activity were observed-high error monitoring activity predicted rearrest in women, whereas prior work found low error monitoring activity predicted rearrest in men. As in prior analyses, the ability of the dACC to predict rearrest outcomes declines with more generalized outcomes (i.e., general felony). Implications for future research and clinical and forensic risk assessment are discussed.

Keywords: Error monitoring; Impulsivity; Recidivism; Risk assessment.

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Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

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a) A priori seed region (red) for hemodynamic response to commission errors vs correct hits in the dACC from a Go/NoGo task with an independent sample of 102 healthy adult nonoffenders; peak voxel x = − 3, y = 24, z = 33 (Steele et al., 2014a). b) Map of hemodynamic activity in sample of incarcerated women (n = 248) during commission errors vs correct hits from axial view. Peak activation was located at x = 3, y = 26, z = 34, within the dACC (threshold: t > 10). (For interpretation of the references to colour in this figure legend, the reader is referred to the web version of this article.)
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