Brain response to viewing others being harmed in children with conduct disorder symptoms

Background Deficient empathic processing is thought to foster conduct disorder ( CD ). It is important to determine the extent to which neural response associated with perceiving harm to others predicts CD symptoms and callous disregard for others. Methods A total of 107 9‐ to 11‐year‐old children (52 female) were recruited from pediatric and mental health clinics, representing a wide range of CD symptoms. Children were scanned with functional...