Assessing paedophilia based on the haemodynamic brain response to face images
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Assessing paedophilia based on the haemodynamic brain response to face images. / Ponseti, Jorge; Granert, Oliver; Van Eimeren, Thilo; Jansen, Olav; Wolff, Stephan; Beier, Klaus; Deuschl, Günther; Huchzermeier, Christian; Stirn, Aglaja; Bosinski, Hartmut; Roman Siebner, Hartwig.
I: World Journal of Biological Psychiatry, Bind 17, Nr. 1, 2016, s. 39-46.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - Assessing paedophilia based on the haemodynamic brain response to face images
AU - Ponseti, Jorge
AU - Granert, Oliver
AU - Van Eimeren, Thilo
AU - Jansen, Olav
AU - Wolff, Stephan
AU - Beier, Klaus
AU - Deuschl, Günther
AU - Huchzermeier, Christian
AU - Stirn, Aglaja
AU - Bosinski, Hartmut
AU - Roman Siebner, Hartwig
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - OBJECTIVES: Objective assessment of sexual preferences may be of relevance in the treatment and prognosis of child sexual offenders. Previous research has indicated that this can be achieved by pattern classification of brain responses to sexual child and adult images. Our recent research showed that human face processing is tuned to sexual age preferences. This observation prompted us to test whether paedophilia can be inferred based on the haemodynamic brain responses to adult and child faces.METHODS: Twenty-four men sexually attracted to prepubescent boys or girls (paedophiles) and 32 men sexually attracted to men or women (teleiophiles) were exposed to images of child and adult, male and female faces during a functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) session.RESULTS: A cross-validated, automatic pattern classification algorithm of brain responses to facial stimuli yielded four misclassified participants (three false positives), corresponding to a specificity of 91% and a sensitivity of 95%.CONCLUSIONS: These results indicate that the functional response to facial stimuli can be reliably used for fMRI-based classification of paedophilia, bypassing the problem of showing child sexual stimuli to paedophiles.
AB - OBJECTIVES: Objective assessment of sexual preferences may be of relevance in the treatment and prognosis of child sexual offenders. Previous research has indicated that this can be achieved by pattern classification of brain responses to sexual child and adult images. Our recent research showed that human face processing is tuned to sexual age preferences. This observation prompted us to test whether paedophilia can be inferred based on the haemodynamic brain responses to adult and child faces.METHODS: Twenty-four men sexually attracted to prepubescent boys or girls (paedophiles) and 32 men sexually attracted to men or women (teleiophiles) were exposed to images of child and adult, male and female faces during a functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) session.RESULTS: A cross-validated, automatic pattern classification algorithm of brain responses to facial stimuli yielded four misclassified participants (three false positives), corresponding to a specificity of 91% and a sensitivity of 95%.CONCLUSIONS: These results indicate that the functional response to facial stimuli can be reliably used for fMRI-based classification of paedophilia, bypassing the problem of showing child sexual stimuli to paedophiles.
U2 - 10.3109/15622975.2015.1083612
DO - 10.3109/15622975.2015.1083612
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 26452682
VL - 17
SP - 39
EP - 46
JO - World Journal of Biological Psychiatry
JF - World Journal of Biological Psychiatry
SN - 1562-2975
IS - 1
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