Sex differences in resting-state neural correlates of openness to experience among older adults

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2797-2802

  Sutin, Angelina R ^a   Beason Held, Lori L ^a   Resnick, Susan M ^a   Costa, Paul T ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

Five Factor Model; Neuroimaging; Openness to Experience; Personality; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CINGULATE GYRUS; COGNITION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CREATIVITY; EMOTION; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HUMAN; MALE; MONITORING; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROSCIENCE; OPENNESS TO EXPERIENCE; ORBITAL CORTEX; PERSONALITY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; REWARD; SEX DIFFERENCE; WORKING MEMORY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTENTION; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; REST; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 70350547702     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhp066     Document Type: Article

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