Season of birth variation in sensation seeking in an adult population

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 859-870

  Joinson, Carol ^a   Nettle, Daniel ^b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dopamine; Monoamines; Novelty seeking; Personality; Season of birth; Sensation seeking

Indexed keywords

EID: 12144252381     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2004.06.010     Document Type: Article

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