Investigating the dopaminergic basis of extraversion in humans: A multilevel approach

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 171-187

  Wacker, Jan ^a   Chavanon, Mira Lynn ^a   Stemmler, Gerhard ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agentic Extraversion; Dopamine D2 receptor antagonist; Electroencephalogram theta activity; Frontal electroencephalogram asymmetry; n back tesk

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; SULPIRIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EXTRAVERSION; FRONTAL LOBE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; INTROVERSION; LEARNING; MALE; MOTIVATION; PARIETAL LOBE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERSONALITY TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME; SHORT TERM MEMORY; THETA RHYTHM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE ANTAGONISTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EXTRAVERSION (PSYCHOLOGY); FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INTROVERSION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MOTIVATION; PARIETAL LOBE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; REACTION TIME; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D2; SERIAL LEARNING; SULPIRIDE; THETA RHYTHM;

EID: 33746377946     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.91.1.171     Document Type: Article

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