Psychophysiology of facial emotion recognition in psychopathy dimensions and oxytocin’s role: A scoping review
Psychopathy is characterized by social impairments that hinder effective societal functioning. It comprises two main dimensions: “Interpersonal-affective” and “Lifestyle-antisocial,” each associated with distinct patterns of traits and central and peripheral neurocorrelates, particularly concerning social salience and oxytocin function. In this review, we systematically identified and synthesized evidence from studies investigating oxytocin’s role in the psychophysiological correlates of emotion recognition across psychopathy dimensions. However, as no such direct studies were identified, we instead compiled and analyzed research examining these variables separately. A scoping review was conducted to capture studies reporting on psychopathy or oxytocin in relation to facial emotion recognition, whether or not they included central or peripheral psychophysiological measurements – retrieving 66 articles. We found distinct emotion recognition outcomes between psychopathy dimensions, some
