“…Reduced amplitude of the P300 wave, a nonspecific index of brain activity, is a well-studied endophenotype that has been associated with childhood disruptive behavior disorders and antisocial personality disorder (Iacono,Carlson,Malone,& McGue,13 2002), substance misuse and SUDs (Carlson, McLarnon, & Iacono, 2007;Iacono et al, 2002;Yoon et al, 2006), and the externalizing latent trait (Patrick, 2006). Although the biological systems underlying individual differences in the P300 wave (Burwell, Malone, Bernat, & Iacono, 2014) are not well understood, individual differences in P300 amplitude predict subsequent development of EXT disorders Perlman, Markin, & Iacono, 2013), are heritable (van Beijsterveldt & van Baal 2002;Perlman, Johnson, & Iacono, 2009;van Beijsterveldt & van Baal, 2002;Yoon et al, 2006), and the association between attenuated P300 amplitude and externalizing disorders is genetically mediated (Hicks et al, 2007a).…”