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  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Social Neuroscience
  • Forensic Psychology

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  • Psychopathy is typically associated with higher-level cognitive functions.
  • The influence of psychopathic traits on fundamental, low-level cognitive functions remains under-investigated.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore the relationship between psychopathic traits and physical distance estimation.
  • To determine how social predispositions impact basic spatial cognition.

Main Methods:

  • Participants estimated the distance of an approaching avatar agent in an innovative experimental design.
  • Psychopathic traits were assessed and analyzed in relation to spatial perception.
  • Comparisons were made between anthropomorphic and non-anthropomorphic agents.

Main Results:

  • Social processing, indicated by psychopathy levels, significantly distorts egocentric space perception.
  • This spatial distortion was absent when estimating the distance of non-anthropomorphic agents.
  • Task-irrelevant emotional expressions from agents did not influence distance estimation.

Conclusions:

  • Psychopathic traits exert a direct top-down effect on basic spatial cognition when others are present.
  • This research highlights a dissociation between social processing and emotion processing in psychopathy.
  • Findings offer new insights into cognitive mechanisms underlying social interactions and interpersonal spatial behavior.