Parasympathetic Nervous System Functioning Moderates the Associations between Callous-Unemotional Traits and Emotion Understanding Difficulties in Late Childhood

• Main Authors: Sarah F. Lynch (Author), Samantha Perlstein (Author), Cora Ordway (Author), Callie Jones (Author), Hanna Lembcke (Author), Rebecca Waller (Author), Nicholas J. Wagner (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2024-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Callous-unemotional (CU) traits are characterized by low empathy, guilt, and prosociality, putting children at risk for lifespan antisocial behavior. Elevated CU traits have been linked separately to difficulties with emotion understanding (i.e., identifying emotional states of others) a...