The Laboratory on Social and Affective Neuroscience was published in Research on Child & Adolescent Psychopathology

The Laboratory on Social and Affective Neuroscience, in collaboration with Katie McLaughlin at University of Oregon and Steven Kasparek at UCSF, has published new research  in Research on Child & Adolescent Psychopathology finding that reduced amygdala volume predicts worsening callous-unemotional traits in children and adolescents over a period of 18 months. We found that experiencing maltreatment also predicts worsening callous-unemotional traits. Although prior cross-sectional research suggested that maltreatment may worsen callous-unemotional traits through its effects on the amygdala, our research found this was not the case, but that these two risk factors are independent.