The complex minds of teenagers: Neuroanatomy of personality differs between sexes

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 599-603

  Blankstein, Udi ^a,d   Chen, Jerry Y W ^a,d   Mincic, Adina M ^d   McGrath, Patricia A ^c   Davis, Karen D ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescents; CTA; Extraversion; MRI; Neuroticism; Sex differences; VBM

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; EXTRAVERSION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROTIC DISORDERS; PERSONALITY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 58849101670     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2008.10.014     Document Type: Article

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