NeMUP research initiative

Neural mechanisms underlying pedophilia and sexual offending against children:
origins, assessment, and therapies

Publications

 

Scientific articles

Massau C, Kärgel C, Weiß S, Walter M, Ponseti J, Krüger THC, Walter H & Schiffer B: Neural correlates of moral judgement in pedophilia. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience (SCAN), accepted in May 2017.

Massau C, Tenbergen G, Kärgel C, Weiß S, Gerwinnh H, Pohl A, Amelung T, Mohnke S, Kneer J, Wittfoth M, Ristow I, Schiltz K, Beier KM, Ponseti J, Walter M, Krüger THC, Walter H & Schiffer B: Executive functioning in pedophilia and child sexual offending. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society (JINS), accepted in April 2017.

Schiffer B, Amelung T, Pohl A, Kärgel C, Tenbergen G, Gerwinn H, Mohnke S, Massau C, Wittfoth M, Weiß S, Marr V, Beier KM, Walter M, Ponseti J, Krüger THC, Schiltz K, Walter H: Gray matter abnormalities in pedophiles with and without a history of child sexual offending. Translational Psychiatry, 2017, 7, e1129.

Weidacker K, Kärgel C, Massau C, Weiß S, Kneer J, Krüger THC, Schiffer B: Approach and avoidance tendencies toward picture stimuli of (pre-)pubescent children and adults: An investigation in pedophilic and non-pedophilic men. Sexual Abuse: A journal of research and treatment, published online in March 2017.

Kärgel C, Massau C, Weiß S, Walter M, Borchardt V, Krüger THC, Tenbergen G, Kneer J, Wittfoth M, Pohl A, Gerwinn H, Ponseti J, Amelung T, Beier KM, Mohnke S, Walter H, Schiffer B: Evidence for superior neurobiological and behavioral inhibitory control abilities in non-offending as compared to offending pedophiles. Human Brain Mapping, 2016, 38(2):1092-1104.

Tenbergen G, Wittfoth M, Frieling H, Ponseti J, Walter M, Walter H, Beier K, Schiffer B, Kruger THC: The Neurobiology and Psychology of Pedophilia: Recent Advances and Challenges. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 2015, 9:344

Kärgel C, Massau C, Weiß S, Walter M, Krüger THC, Schiffer B: Diminished functional connectivity on the road to child sexual abuse in pedophilia. Journal of Sexual Medicine, 2015, 12(3):783-95.

Mohnke S, Müller S, Amelung T, Krüger TH, Ponseti J, Schiffer B, Walter M, Beier KM, Walter H: Brain Alterations In Paedophilia: A Critical Review. Progress in Neurobiology. Progress In Neurobiology. 2014, 122:1-23.

Ponseti J, Granert O, van Eimeren T, Hansen O, Wolff S, Beier K, Deuschl G, Bosinski H, Siebner H: Human Face processing is tuned to sexual age preferences. Biology Letters, 2014, 10(5):20140200.

Ponseti J, Granert O, Jansen O, Wolff S, Beier K, Neutze J, Deuschl G, Mehdorn H, Siebner H, Bosinski H: Assessment of Pedophilia Using Hemodynamic Brain Response to Sexual Stimuli. Arch Gen Psychiatry, 2012, 69(2), 187-194.

Krueger THC and Schiffer B, 2011: Neurocognitive and Personality Factors in Homo- and Heterosexual Pedophiles and Controls. The Journal of Sexual Medicine, 8(6), 1650-1659.

Schiffer B and Vonlaufen C, 2011: Executive Dysfunctions in Pedophilic and Nonpedophilic Child Molesters. The Journal of Sexual Medicine, 8(7), 1975–1984.

Schiffer B et al., 2009: Reduced Neuronal Responsiveness to Visual Sexual Stimuli in a Pedophile Treated with a Long-Acting LH-RH Agonist. The Journal of Sexual Medicine pages 892–894,(3), 892-894.

Schiffer B et al., 2008: Functional brain correlates of heterosexual paedophilia. NeuroImage 41, 80-91.

Schiffer B et al., 2008: Brain response to visual sexual stimuli in homosexual pedophiles. Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, 33(1), 23-33.

Walter M et al., 2007: Pedophilia is Linked to Reduced Activation in Hypothalamus and Lateral Prefrontal Cortex During Visual Erotic Stimulation. Biological Psychiatry, 62, 698-701.

Schiltz K et al., 2007: Brain Pathology in Pedophilic Offenders. Archives of General Psychiatry, 64, 737-746.

Schiffer B et al. 2007: Structural brain abnormalities in the frontostriatal system and cerebellum in pedophilia. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 41(9); 753–762.

 

Articles in german

Krüger THC und Walter M & der NeMUP Forschungsverbund (Beier K, Ponseti J, Schiffer B, Walter H): Pädophilie und Kindesmissbrauch: neurowissenschaftliche und psychologische Perspektiven. Männergesundheitsbericht "Sexualität von Männern" 2016, Herausgeber: Bardehle D und Voß HJ

Beier KM, Krüger THC, Walter H, Schiffer B, Ponseti J, Walter M: Pädophilie und sexueller Kindesmissbrauch- Klinik und Forschung. Trauma & Gewalt. 2015(9), 2:2-17.

Schiffer, B. (2013) Pädophilie. In: A. Stirn, R. Stark, K. Tabbert, S. Wehrum-Osinsky & S. Oddo (Hrsg.) Sexualität, Körper und Neurobiologie – Grundlagen und Störungsbilder im interdisziplinären Fokus (251-261). Stuttgart: Kohlhammer

Schiffer B, 2007: Neurobiologie abweichenden Sexualverhaltens. Forensische Psychiatrie Psychologie und Kriminologie

Ponseti et al. 2001: Zur Ätiologie von Sexualstraftaten: Neuropsychologische Parameter und Komorbidität. Sexuologie 8(2), 65-77.


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