@misc{10481/75879,
year = {2022},
month = {6},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10481/75879},
abstract = {Intimate partner violence against women (IPVAW) is a serious and overwhelming public concern.
Neuroimaging techniques have provided insights into the brain mechanisms underlying IPVAW
perpetration. The purpose of this study is to examine the resting-state functional connectivity (rsFC)
involving the process of social decision-making of male perpetrators. Twenty-six male perpetrators
convicted for an IPVAW crime were compared to 29 men convicted for crimes other than IPVAW (other
offenders) and 29 men with no criminal records (non-offenders) using a seed-based approach. Seeds
were located in areas involved in reflective (prefrontal), impulsive (amygdala and striatum) and
interoceptive (insula) processing. Then, as an exploratory analysis, the connectivity networks on male
perpetrators were correlated with measures of executive functions and socioemotional self-report
measures. Male perpetrators in comparison to other offenders and non-offenders, presented higher
rsFC between prefrontal, limbic, brainstem, temporal and basal ganglia areas. Also male perpetrators
showed higher rsFC between insula, default mode network and basal ganglia, while lower rsFC was
found between prefrontal and motor areas and between amygdala, occipital and parietal areas.
Exploratory correlations suggest that the specific rsFC in male perpetrators might be more related to
socioemotional processes than to executive functions. These results showed that male perpetrators
present a specific rsFC in brain systems that are essential for an adaptive social decision-making.},
organization = {Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness	PSI201679481-R	
PID2019111565GB},
organization = {Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport (University Faculty Training program)	FPU15/04335},
organization = {Spanish Government	FJCI-2017-33396},
organization = {Mind, Brain and Behavior Research Center (CIMCYC)	CTS-581},
publisher = {Nature},
title = {Resting‑state functional connectivity and socioemotional processes in male perpetrators of intimate partner violence against women},
doi = {10.1038/s41598-022-14181-2},
author = {Amaoui, Sofía and Marín Morales, Agar and Pérez García, Miguel and Verdejo Román, Juan},
}