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Heterogeneity matters: implications for Poeppl et al.’s (2019) meta-analysis and future neuroimaging research on psychopathy

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Latzman, R.D., Patrick, C.J. & Lilienfeld, S.O. Heterogeneity matters: implications for Poeppl et al.’s (2019) meta-analysis and future neuroimaging research on psychopathy. Mol Psychiatry 25, 3123–3124 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41380-019-0386-4

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