Extraversion, neuroticism and brain function: A pet study of personality

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 345-352

  Fischer, Håkan ^a,d   Wik, Gustav ^b,c   Fredrikson, Mats ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^d University of Münster ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Extraversion; Human brain; Introversion; Neural network; Neuroticism; Personality; Positron emission tomography; Regional cerebral blood flow

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031206104     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0191-8869(97)00027-5     Document Type: Article

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