Simulating Intrusion Into Personal Space Among Violent Offenders: The Role of Disgust.

Intrusion into one's own personal space (PS) elicits discomfort. This is especially true when the intruder's facial mimicry expresses disgust or anger. Although it is known that the affective context influences PS processing, this has not been investigated in violent offenders.

Altered cerebellar-amygdala connectivity in violent offenders: A resting-state fMRI study.

It has repeatedly been reported, that there are differences in grey matter volume (GMV) between violent offenders and non-violent controls. However, it remains unclear, if structural brain abnormalities influence resting-state functional connectivity (RS-fc) between brain regions. Therefore, in the present investigation, 31 male high-risk violent prisoners were compared to 30 non-criminal controls with respect to RS-fc between brain areas.