Yu Gao

Summary

Affiliation: University of Pennsylvania
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Brief Report: Interaction between social class and risky decision-making in children with psychopathic tendencies
    Yu Gao
    Department of Criminology, Psychiatry, and Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, 3718 Locust Walk, McNeil Building Suite 483, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
    J Adolesc 32:409-14. 2009
  2. ncbi The neurobiology of psychopathy: a neurodevelopmental perspective
    Yu Gao
    Department of Criminology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
    Can J Psychiatry 54:813-23. 2009
  3. ncbi Early maternal and paternal bonding, childhood physical abuse and adult psychopathic personality
    Y Gao
    Department of Criminology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104 6286, USA
    Psychol Med 40:1007-16. 2010
  4. ncbi Successful and unsuccessful psychopaths: a neurobiological model
    Yu Gao
    Department of Criminology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
    Behav Sci Law 28:194-210. 2010
  5. ncbi The development of skin conductance fear conditioning in children from ages 3 to 8 years
    Yu Gao
    Departments of Criminology, McNeil Building, Suite 483, University of Pennsylvania, 3718 Locust Walk, Philadelphia, PA 19104 6286, USA
    Dev Sci 13:201-12. 2010
  6. ncbi Association of poor childhood fear conditioning and adult crime
    Yu Gao
    Department of Criminology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
    Am J Psychiatry 167:56-60. 2010
  7. ncbi Reduced electrodermal fear conditioning from ages 3 to 8 years is associated with aggressive behavior at age 8 years
    Yu Gao
    Department of Criminology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104 6286, USA
    J Child Psychol Psychiatry 51:550-8. 2010
  8. ncbi P3 event-related potential impairments in antisocial and psychopathic individuals: a meta-analysis
    Yu Gao
    Department of Criminology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104 6286, USA
    Biol Psychol 82:199-210. 2009
  9. ncbi Genetic and environmental influences on frontal EEG asymmetry and alpha power in 9-10-year-old twins
    Yu Gao
    Department of Criminology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
    Psychophysiology 46:787-96. 2009
  10. ncbi Neurocriminology
    Benjamin R Nordstrom
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
    Adv Genet 75:255-83. 2011

Detail Information

Publications13

  1. ncbi Brief Report: Interaction between social class and risky decision-making in children with psychopathic tendencies
    Yu Gao
    Department of Criminology, Psychiatry, and Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, 3718 Locust Walk, McNeil Building Suite 483, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
    J Adolesc 32:409-14. 2009
    ..This study tests the biosocial hypothesis that social class will moderate psychopathy-neurocognition relationships, with these effects being stronger in children from high social classes...
  2. ncbi The neurobiology of psychopathy: a neurodevelopmental perspective
    Yu Gao
    Department of Criminology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
    Can J Psychiatry 54:813-23. 2009
    ....
  3. ncbi Early maternal and paternal bonding, childhood physical abuse and adult psychopathic personality
    Y Gao
    Department of Criminology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104 6286, USA
    Psychol Med 40:1007-16. 2010
    ..It also assesses prospectively whether children separated from their parents in the first 3 years of life are more likely to have a psychopathic-like personality 25 years later...
  4. ncbi Successful and unsuccessful psychopaths: a neurobiological model
    Yu Gao
    Department of Criminology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
    Behav Sci Law 28:194-210. 2010
    ....
  5. ncbi The development of skin conductance fear conditioning in children from ages 3 to 8 years
    Yu Gao
    Departments of Criminology, McNeil Building, Suite 483, University of Pennsylvania, 3718 Locust Walk, Philadelphia, PA 19104 6286, USA
    Dev Sci 13:201-12. 2010
    ....
  6. ncbi Association of poor childhood fear conditioning and adult crime
    Yu Gao
    Department of Criminology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
    Am J Psychiatry 167:56-60. 2010
    ..This study prospectively assessed whether poor fear conditioning early in life predisposes to adult crime in a large cohort...
  7. ncbi Reduced electrodermal fear conditioning from ages 3 to 8 years is associated with aggressive behavior at age 8 years
    Yu Gao
    Department of Criminology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104 6286, USA
    J Child Psychol Psychiatry 51:550-8. 2010
    ..Poor fear conditioning characterizes adult psychopathy and criminality, but it is not known whether it is related to aggressive/antisocial behavior in early childhood...
  8. ncbi P3 event-related potential impairments in antisocial and psychopathic individuals: a meta-analysis
    Yu Gao
    Department of Criminology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104 6286, USA
    Biol Psychol 82:199-210. 2009
    ..e., aggression, antisocial personality disorder, conduct disorder/oppositional-defiant disorder, and psychopathy), whereas this association in psychopaths may be moderated by the type of tasks...
  9. ncbi Genetic and environmental influences on frontal EEG asymmetry and alpha power in 9-10-year-old twins
    Yu Gao
    Department of Criminology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
    Psychophysiology 46:787-96. 2009
    ....
  10. ncbi Neurocriminology
    Benjamin R Nordstrom
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
    Adv Genet 75:255-83. 2011
    ..Special attention is paid to the biopsychosocial model and gene-environment interactions in producing antisocial behavior...
  11. ncbi A developmental increase in allostatic load from ages 3 to 11 years is associated with increased schizotypal personality at age 23 years
    Melissa Peskin
    University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104 6241, USA
    Dev Psychopathol 23:1059-68. 2011
    ..The relative failure to develop normal habituation to repeated stressors throughout childhood is hypothesized to result in an accumulation of allostatic load and consequently increased positive symptom schizotypy in adulthood...
  12. ncbi Increased testosterone-to-cortisol ratio in psychopathy
    Andrea L Glenn
    Department of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
    J Abnorm Psychol 120:389-99. 2011
    ..Psychopathy was not associated with either of these measures independently or with baseline cortisol levels. These findings suggest that these highly interconnected hormone systems may work in concert to predispose to psychopathy...
  13. ncbi P3 event-related potentials and childhood maltreatment in successful and unsuccessful psychopaths
    Yu Gao
    Department of Criminology, Jerry Lee Center of Criminology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
    Brain Cogn 77:176-82. 2011
    ..This is the first report of electrophysiological processing differences between successful and unsuccessful psychopaths, possibly indicating neurocognitive and psychosocial distinctions between these two subtypes of psychopathy...